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Today in 1663, Louis XIV made New France an official Royal Colony. A cloud is an aerosol.  Spanish limes are not citrus fruit; they belong to the soapberry family. 24 is the atomic number of chromium. Meteorologists take clouds cirrus-ly.  In Korea, only the blind and visually impaired may practise the art of massage. The plural of rhombus is rhombi.  Tommy Douglas died today in 1986; the Father of Medicare was also the first federal leader of the New Democrats. Oliver Cromwell banned the manufacture of wallpaper as frivolous, thus sinful.  It’s knot a problem; masseurs put the ‘rest’ in ’stress’.  70% of our whisky is exported. A compass rose indicates 128 directions.  The Bell Centre is Montréal is the largest hockey arena in the NHL. Venezuela is divided into 23 states. Whisky is the perfect solvent: It dissolves careers, families and marriages.  Fathers can share paid paternity leave,...

Today in AD 1529, the Ottoman army was rousted at the Gates of Vienna, ending Turkey’s European expansion. in a global agreement inked in 1931, colours were numerically standardized.  The Bank of Nova Scotia is the nation’s third largest chartered bank.  This year’s National Spelling Bee ended in a tye. On this date in 1954, Hurricane Hazel killed 81 people in the GTA and left 4,000 homeless. The cardigan is named for  Major General James Brudenell, the 7th Earl of Cardigan. Wayne Gretzky became the NHL’s all-time leading scorer today in 1989. The typical lightening bolt measures 300,000 volts; a taser emits 50,000.  A group of teenaged girls is called a giggle.  19 million people go on cruises every year.  Stop sign B2a is red and must measure 75 centimetres across opposite flats of the octagon. China blasted Yang Liwei,  its first astronaut, into space  today in 2003. The most common surname in Aus...