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The Pied Piper leads the parade; this is Rat Catcher’s Day in Hamelin, Germany. Bread exposed to radiant heat for a period of time is called toast.  Cheers! Salut! Drink up! This is National Dairy Month.  The Canadian Coast Guard is under the purview of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. Doctors and nurses at the Mayo Clinic do their best to care for wounded sandwiches. Today in 1959, the Queen and US President Eisenhower opened the St. Lawrence Seaway.  33.3% of Australians were born outside of the country. Mercury was the Roman god of thieves and tricksters.  Christmas became a legal holiday in the United States 149 years ago. A day on Mercury lasts about 1,408 hours, or about the same as an Earth Monday.  Buckwheat, rice, quinoa, sorghum and oats are gluten-free whole grains.  The £1.22 million attack submarine HMS Artful can stay submerged for 25 years. Today in 1990, Justice Minister Kim Campbell ta...

Today in 1963, it became illegal for Americans to travel to Cuba. Marble is hypoallergenic. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is North America’s oldest and one of the world’s most renowned.  Alum is made from vegetables and watermelon rind.  Pigs that perform ballet love to dance Swine Lake.  The transistor radio first appeared in 1954. Australians can shop at any of ten Costco warehouse stores.  Painting products are classified by function—paint, varnish, enamel and primer.  A member of the orchid family, PEI adopted the lady’s slipper as its floral emblem in 1947.  Marilyn Monroe quipped, “It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.” The EU recycles 95% of its used tires, primarily used in cement manufacturing. Physicist Denis Papin created the pressure cooker in 1679. 53% of global orange production is sold as frozen juice concentrate. Renault delivered 30,000 trucks to the Wehrmacht between 1940 and 1944. ...