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Thanks to Slovenia’s proposition, the UN has proclaimed this as World Bee Day. This is Victoria Day throughout the land; for 34 million of us, this is the start of summer. Unicorns live in groups of five or six.  The US, Russia, France,the UK, China and India all have nuclear subs. Wasps and yellow jackets are nothing more than wanna-bees. Drums are classified as membranes, the oldest of all musical instruments. Today in 1980, 59.56% of Quebeckers said ‘Non’ to independence.  A newborn baby unicorn is called a sparkle. One can order sandwiches at 42,000 Subways on six continents; 3,000 here at home. My neighbour’s wife swallowed a harmonica. Nine months later she gave birth to the Blues. Romans boiled flamingoes in wine, vinegar, leek coriander, mint, rue and dates. Diabetic sock puppets cannot wrinkle.  Balsamic vinegar is made from grape must.  Today in 1904, Ode to Newfoundland was chosen as the national anthem of th...

Fun Facts for 21 May 2018 Canadians have celebrated today as the Queen’s Birthday, a.k.a. Victoria Day, since 1845. Belgians consume six kilos of chocolate annually.  Human bones are 36% water. The Republic of South Sudan is the planet’s newest country. People who hang up as the other party answers-because they forgot who they rang-suffer from phonesia.   Canada Post employs 64,000 people. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.  The tourist tax in Rome is €5 per night, payable at one’s 3-star hotel, upon checkout.  A 500-gram box of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes contains 7,122 individual flakes.  Victoria Day starts tourist season, and runs to Thanksgiving in October but it is illegal to hunt them. 300,000 Barbadians have the day off in observance of Whit Monday.  One of the most commonly reported dreams is that of falling.  In addition to five primary senses, we possess 15 more, including balance, temperature and pain. A hum...