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Tahiti and Hawaii share the same time zone. Today in 1990, the biggest cherry pie was baked in Oliver, BC; weight: 1 718 kilos.   An adult male human hand weighs 500 grams. In Italian, the plural of lasagna is lasagne.  The surest way to be late is to have lots of time. The atmospheric pressure on Venus is 92 times stronger than Earth's. Today is Bastille Day for 70 million French.  The human eye can differentiate among seven million colours. Toyota employs 370, 870 people worldwide. When it hits 40°C in Paris, France fries. The term 'prisoner of war' entered the lexicon in 1660. 15 millilitres of honey contains 46 calories.  Huckleberry Finn began to raft down the Mississippi River 135 years ago.  80% of tourist dollars are generated by Canadians discovering our own nation. Air Canada destroyed my valise. I wanted to sue, but didn't have much of a case. There are five kinds of scars.  The Bank of Montréal has not missed a singl...

Four out of every ten Canadian homes are equipped with air conditioning. Wasabi is 11% fat and 46% carbohydrates. Door knobs rotate in a circular fashion while a door handle slides vertically.  The WorldWideWeb-- better known as www. --turns 30 today. People who live in glass houses may as well answer the door. According to the RCMP there are 1.9 million licensed gun owners across the country.  Animals can exhibit tonitrophobia; the abnormal fear of thunder and lightning. Curling stones are made from Blue Hone granite, native to Scotland. The first recorded fondue recipe appeared in a Zurich cookbook in 1699. At the bingo hall, someone shouted AK-47! A lady shouted, “Bingo!” The first iPad was launched in 2010. Cary Grant originated the chocolate-on-the-hotel-pillow tradition in the early 1950s. Toyota spends USD$1 million a minute on research. Newborn baby doves are called squabs. All computers stall out at the same speed. ...

Having lost her ovis aries in 1805, Little Bo Peep continues the search. The area code for Hades is 666. The Flat Earth Society is locked in mortal combat with NASA. 250,584 sapeur pompiers fight fires in France. The EverBrite candle factory went up in flames—employees stood and sang Happy Birthday. As a transitive verb, the word ‘text’  was coined in 1998. Canada has fourteen commercial shipyards. There are seven categories of pollution.  Parisians were involved in 6,153 car collisions in 2015. Two croissants were crossing Champs-Élysées when one was run over. The other cried, “Oh! Crumb!”  A Toyota has 30,000 parts. Where there walks a logger, there walks a man. Diversity is a fact; inclusion is a choice. 45 kilometres is the length of the Detroit River. If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears, my illegal logging operation is a success. 66% of traffic deaths in the US are the result of road rage. Mc...

Every day, Chrysler Canada workers build 1,426  minivans at Windsor Assembly. The most common surname in Turkey is Yulmaz. Today in 1994, Kim Jong-Il became Supreme Leader of North Korea. The word ‘weirdo’ entered the lexicon in 1955. I bought a Toyota. I turned on the radio, and couldn’t understand a word they were saying. This is Air Force and Air Defence Forces Day in the Ukraine.  Onions are toxic to guinea pigs. It is estimated that there are 378,000 service dogs in the United States. Cancer claimed the lives of 30% of all Canadians who died in 2017. Acrophiles love heights. Acromaniacs are obsessed with heights. Acrophobes move to Saskatchewan.  With its 175 rooms, Rideau Hall has been home to every Governor General since 1867. Nixtamalization is the process by which corn is transformed into hominy. Prince Edward Island has seven hospitals. Half a million Dutch speak Frisian as their mother tongue. Folk in Saskatchewa...

200,000 pedestrians walked the new 1.6-km long Golden Gate Bridge, today in 1937.  There are two genres of crossword puzzles. The singular of lasagna is lasagne. Sunday’s child is full of grace. Vancouver’s Karma restaurant has no menu. Diners get what they deserve.  2.8 million Canadians live outside the country. The second most common phobia on the planet is ophidiophobia , the fear of snakes. Society of Saint Vincent de Paul serves the poor, hungry and homeless in 132 countries. Earth’s densest moose population is in Newfoundland, causing 500 to 600 moose-vehicle crashes a year.  Claustrophobic cosmonauts require space.  In order to take flight, a butterfly’s temperature must be 30°C. More than 20,000 Canadians’ identities were stolen in 2014. According to the Thai Colour Calendar, wearing red on Sunday brings good luck. Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. ~ Dr. Seuss “I stand corrected,” said ...