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From Sweden to India to Brazil, children play ’Simon Says’ in 34 different languages.  This is Unity Day for the 272,000 people who live in Vanuatu. According to Polish folklore, a spider wove a blanket for the baby Jesus, to keep him warm.  Because it is sticky, garlic juice is often an ingredient in adhesives and bonding agents.  An auction is where folk get something for nodding.  The weight of a ten-pin bowling ball may not exceed 7.26 kilos. Kentucky Fried Chicken is now the traditional Christmas meal in Japan.  ‘Freebie’ entered the lexicon in 1946. 15% of the world population is differently abled. Chickens chatter because talk is cheep.  Neptune is orbited by 14 moons. 92% of the people on the Solomon Islands are Christian. The first record of the Muffin Man’s residence in Drury Lane is 1820. Nova Scotia is the world’s largest exporter of Christmas trees. This Yuletide season, don’t get your tinsel in a...

On this date in 2003, the final Volkswagen Beetle ever, rolled out the doors in Mexico. The year 2018 has 53 Mondays. This will not happen again until 2024.  A group of soap bubbles is called foam.  55 gumshoes work in Newfoundland & Labrador, 220 in Nova Scotia and 1,250 in Alberta. I’ve never been a billionaire but I have a premonition that I’d be good at it.  Today in 1962, the 7,821 kilometre Trans-Canada Highway officially opened. Retailers sell 200 million bottles of soap bubbles annually.  75 people work as security guards in Nunavut.  A dill pickle slush costs $1.49 before 10a at 3,557 Sonic Drive-Ins in 45 of the United States.  The pen is mightier than the sword, said no one ever, after being attacked by a sword.  In North America, Monday is the least rainy day of the week.  Celebrated since 1980, this is Independence Day for 270,002 citizens of Vanuatu. Entertaining and amusing Earthlings fo...