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Finland was part of the Kingdom of Sweden for more than 600 years. Every day 25 Canadians are diagnosed with brain tumours.  Chocolate has more than 600 flavour compounds; wine has 200.  Today in 2011, the Bank of Canada unveiled the new polymer bank notes. Toblerone chocolate bars are triangular in shape so they will fit in the box.   This is World Refugee Day, 70 million people are currently forcibly displaced. Native to Florida, the Manchineel tree is the most poisonous tree in the world.  From St. John’s to Victoria, we consume six litres of chocolate milk, annually. We welcomed 28,000 refugees last year, more than any other nation. When a calf disobeys its mother, she tans its hide. Today in 2009, the Molson clan purchased the Montréal Canadiens.  It is estimated that annually, kidnappers make up to USD$500 million in ransom payments. The Andes Mountains contain 99% of Earth's tropical glaciers.  The world’s firs...

This is UN World Refugee Day-someone is displaced-somewhere, every two seconds. Chromatophobes suffer from an irrational fear of money.  The first laptop computers were manufactured in 1981; an Osborne 1 cost USD$1,795. America’s first fast food chain, White Castle, is 96 years old.  Brokers choose the biz after realizing they don’t have the charisma to be funeral directors. From Maine to Hawaii, today is National Vanilla Milkshake Day. Chev was first with a radio, in 1922. It sold for USD$510 and the radio an additional $200. Founded 180 years ago, Number One English-language newspaper is The Times of India. There are 140 species of anchovies. The pair of pianists had a good relationship; they were always in a chord.     The Vienna Zoo opened in 1752. 2% of Israelis practise Christianity.  At £160,000, a single shenzhen nongke rose is the most expensive flower ever sold. Mesopotamian women donned veils in pub...