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Today in 1890, Moncton became a city. Three million Americans self-identify as Episcopalian. Maria Montessori created her first school 112 years ago. Pinto is the Spanish word for 'painted'.  If a stranger offers you magic beans, just say, 'No'. Le Groupe Bel employs 12,700 people in 30 countries. Tradition dictates that Tahitian weddings take place on the beach. 15 is the sum of the first five consecutive whole numbers 1,2,3,4 and 5. Today in 1797, Emmanuel Allen was the last slave auctioned in Canada.   My neighbour cut himself on a piece of cheese; it was a sharp Cheddar. Alba, Continental, Mexican and Hamburg are the four grades of cinnamon.  Windsor, Ontario's Peace Fountain is the only international floating fountain in the world. Melatonin was discovered in 1958. The trumpet has the highest register in the brass family of musical instruments.  The most dangerous food in the world is wedding cake. The BBC used the opening of Be...

Today in 1871, British Columbia joined Confederation as province number seven. There are six species of Pacific Salmon. Our moon is the fifth largest in the Solar System. From Manitoba with love, the cracked wheat, rye and flaxseed porridge,  Red River Cereal,  has fed millions since 1924. Noah was unable to fish during the the Flood because he had only two worms. There are 49 landlocked nations—two of which are double landlocked. On this date in 1969, men first walked on the moon. The Red River snakes for 880 kilometres from North Dakota-Minnesota to Lake Winnipeg. 350 people list their occupations as agrarian workers in Principality of Liechtenstein.  The first animal to orbit the Moon was the cow who jumped over it in AD 1569. Scorpions, mites, ticks and spiders are all arachnoids. Today in 2005,  the Governor General gave Royal Assent to same-sex marriages. Gorton’s introduced consumers to frozen, ready-to-cook fish sti...