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Trick or treat! There are 15 days until Hallowe’en.  The pendulum clock was invented in 1656 by Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens. 22% of science fiction novels are written by women. Building wagons since 1852, Studebaker entered the automobile field in 1902.  Death is the only escape from taxes.  At USD$3,000 a metre, vicuna is the rarest and most expensive wool in the world. Walter his brother Roy Disney incorporated The Walt Disney Company 95 years ago, today. At 42 kilometres square, Pelee is the largest island in Lake Erie and home to 235 people.  There are three types of meteorites. Hangings are suspended sentences. Chile and Japan are the world’s number one and number two producers of iodine.  On this date in 1984, Reverend Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  A pumpkin that fits in one’s hand is called a Jack Be Liittle, nickname JBL.  600 people a day are diagnosed with leprosy around t...

Today in 1948, the World Council of Churches was formed by 147 religions from 44 nations. USD$37,000 is the average yearly salary of a lion tamer; $5,466 is the cost of life insurance. The Circle Tour drive of The Great Lakes is 10 460 kilometres—every klick is breathtaking. Tokalu ranks 222nd in world trade, with importation of NZ$1,487,422.34 worth of goods. God seeks spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.  Coleman introduced the portable ice chest in 1954.  Pope Francis once worked as a bar bouncer in Bueños Aires to pay tuition. Australia is the world’s leading producer of bauxite. Population of the three NAFTA signatories is 444.1 million people. Skating on thin ice can get one into hot water.  Miss Piggy looks fabulous at 42.  The most common surname in Taiwan is Chen. Aluminum melts at 660.3°C. Little Briar Rose is the name that appears on the birth certificate of Sleeping Beauty.  The best cure for insomnia is...

On this date in 1955, Disneyland was dedicated and opened by Walt Disney. To Koreans, three stars is a fortuitous omen to spot in the night sky. It takes between 540 to 550 peanuts to fill a 354 millilitre jar of peanut butter. To ‘hang until dead’, is the law in the American states of Washington and New Hampshire. Frost is the logical name for an aggressive pitbull, because Frost bites. Francophones know Jack Frost as le Bonhomme Hiver. Snow is often classified as a mineral. Opossums have opposable thumbs, but no thumbnails. Sri Lanka produces 90% of the world’s cinnamon.  Risking everything, they gingerly made one last pun about curry.  When the water temp drops below 20°C, manatees suffer frostbite. Jupiter has 69 moons. There are an estimated three trillion trees on Earth. The weight of the paint required to clad the Eiffel Tower equals that of ten elephants. The first satellite to orbit Earth was the moon. A space suit c...

The City of Montréal collected $174 million in parking fines last year.  Cherokees and Choctaws shared cornbread with fresh-off-the-boat European immigrants.  Three billion people warmed up their Marconis and Electrohomes to watch Harry and Meghan tie the knot. Minus icing on the cake, 1/6th of a Betty Crocker Super Moist Devil’s Food Cake has 582 calories.  The trouble with being a good sport is that one must lose in order to prove it.  There are no words for ‘yes’ or ’no’ in Irish Gaelic.  Born in 1947, the beloved and bilingual anthropomorphic Elmer the Safety Elephant  teaches children traffic and fire safety in all ten provinces. The first ribbon makers’ guild was established in 1585, in France.  In America, this is National Devil’s Food Cake Day.  A politician shakes your hand before an election and your confidence, after. Wheat, iron ore and soybeans are the most common cargoes on the Great Lake...