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Toronto means 'meeting place' in the Iroquois language. Paneer is cottage cheese.  Chromophobes struggle with the irrational fear of colours. Containing 55% sugar, the fig is the sweetest of all fruit. Meetings are where minutes are kept and hours lost. Oxygen was identified as an element in 1773.  The Sahara Desert blankets 31% of Africa. The name Marlene is a portmanteau of Maria and Magdelene. Anxious Canadians began popping Valium in 1963. Asthmatics suck at breathing. The term 'senior citizen' was coined in 1937. A Swedish Krona equals 14¢ Canadian. More than 3,300 islands dot the Mediterranean Sea. Winches and capstans are machines designed to pull ropes. My neighbour is so old that when he was born, the Dead Sea was just sick. Cats have no collarbones. Jews, Christians and Muslims share a belief in angels. Pink is a palliative colour.  8.2 million of us have dogs as pets. Spelling bees are smarter than talking cats. F...

As high as 40% of boxers sustain brain injuries in the ring. This is Army Day in New Zealand, honouring the 4,500 regular and 2,000 Territorial Forces.  It is the sulphur compounds in onions is what makes one cry. Mother polar bears nurse their cubs for up to 30 months. Neutral countries—aren’t.   Paper towels in an employee washroom cost $2,340 per year while a hand dryer costs $14.  Today in 1820, the Bank of New Brunswick was incorporated.  The human body is composed of 75 trillion cells. Newlyweds who take honeymoons are less likely to divorce. Love is friendship set to music. 13 million vehicles around the globe are fuelled by propane gas.  According to StatsCan, the inflation rate in 1989 was 5.6%. Prussia issued ID—a.k.a. dog tags--to soldiers during the Austro-Prussian War. Red Deer was incorporated as Alberta’s sixth city today in 1913. The last page of the Chev owner’s manual is the bus schedule.  ...