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For the 1.1 million citizens of East Timor, today is Mother’s Day An apple tree will live for about 100 years.  Blackfoot penguins live in colonies on 24 islands in Namibia and South Africa. Jupiter is 300 times larger than Earth.  Corrupt cops are undercover criminals.  Pets make up 1% of all animals.  Weighing in at two kilos, the pomelo is the largest citrus fruit.  The Bank of Montréal, North America’s oldest continuously operating bank, opened its doors for the first time, today in 1817. Someone who collects ties is called a grabologist.  Dolphins don’t make mistakes, they do everything on porpoise.  The largest snowflake ever recorded measured 45 centimetres. The Eiffel Tower can sway as much as 21 centimetres as the sun heats the metal.  The temperature must reach 70°C in order to fry an egg on a sidewalk. Beverley McLachlin was the first woman appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Cana...

It is healthier and safer to kiss than to shake hands.   Chickens with white earlobes lay white eggs; chickens with red earlobes lay brown eggs. Today, 10,135,303 Swedes party and mark  Sveriges Nationaldag- in five official languages. It would take 136 billion sheets of paper to print out everything that is on the Internet. Old age is when joints are more accurate weather predictors than Environment Canada. Thomas Edison suffered from nyctophobia; he was afraid of the dark. It takes 159 litres of crude oil to produce 72 litres of gasoline.  7 million American cellphones were dropped into toilets last year.  Filled with gasses, the third most dangerous product in a home is the light bulb.  Batteries that struggle with alkaline issues attend AA.  Chewing gum burns 11 calories an hour.  Opened in 1930, the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel is 1.5 kilometres long. Frenchie, Portugal’s official sandwich, features steak, ha...