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There are 149 days until we usher in 2020. The world’s largest tomato exporter is The Netherlands. Mexico ranks second. The components of power are structural, disciplinary, hegemonic and interpersonal. Whether it’s Sobey’s or Safeway, 70% of the food we buy is produced domestically.  A PEI farmer was convicted of child abuse when he willed the family farm to his sons. Fiat-Chrysler, Ford, GM, Honda and Toyota build 2.4 million cars a year in Canada. This is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. The planet Venus has no moons.  The Pan-American Highway wends and winds for 48,000 kilometres. Women are from Venus and men are from wrong.  In Kenya, a black market kidney fetches USD$650. English, Tagalog, German, French and Punjabi are the five top languages in Manitoba. Salty liquorice ice cream is popular with Finns and Icelanders. Core, stone, soft and citrus are the four kinds of fruit trees. Deliver: The act of removing a liver....

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...

A grouping of jellyfish is called a smack.  StatsCan reports 160,000 vehicles were involved in collisions, last year.  Today in 164 BC, Judas Maccabeus restored the temple in Jerusalem; the event is commemorated as Hanukkah. Joints in the skull do not move.  An odd truth about accidents is that people never have one until they’re having them. The planet Venus spins in reverse from Earth. After 37 years in power, Robert Mugabe resigned as president of Zimbabwe, on this date in 2017. The utricle is the world’s smallest fruit.  More board games are sold in Germany than in any other country. The correct spelling of mousetrap is c-a-t. Sliced bread hit grocery stores in 1928. Swedish communications giant, Ericsson, was first to manufacture cellular phones in 1987. At this very minute 60% of the sky is covered in clouds.  Today in 1877, inventor Thomas Edison unveiled the phonograph.  Bread dough always rises when o...

Today is New Caledonia Day in the French Overseas Territory.  Carrots are sweeter when picked in winter.  The planet Venus has more volcanoes than any other in our solar system. In 1985, we earned $15,903 a year, milk sold for 98¢ a litre and eggs cost $1.37 a dozen. If you have a fairy tale life, make sure it’s not grim.  There are 43 species of cotton—some varieties grow on trees.  In 1952, the CBC launched its first TV stations, CBFT in Montréal and CBLT in Toronto. Sugar is produced commercially in more than 100 nations.  The European Union conducts business in 24 official languages.  Bowling: marbles for grownups.  Hard charcoal will fire when heated to 700°C.  At any given time, there are 1,800 thunderstorms on Earth.  The bite-sized Timbit bowed in April of 1976. Beijing boasts 91 universities.  You can’t wake a person who pretends to be asleep.  ~Navajo proverb Founded in...