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Today is Flag Day, observed by the 104,822 citizens of the Sovereign Nation of Aruba. State-owned Pemex operates 10,830 gasoline stations in Mexico.  The only province with no natural borders,10% of Saskatchewan is lakes and rivers.  There are more than 200 synonyms for the word ‘anger’.  When it’s -27°C, it’s time to head to Oranjestad for some vitamin sea.  Delta pilots take off from the tarmac more than 5,400 times a day.  Twenty quires make one ream of paper.  Today in 1918, Ottawa legalized daylight savings time, to boost production of war materiel. The boiling point of uranium is 4,131°C.  It is ironic that are days are numbered, not lettered. Yemen has no rivers.  An Apple iPhone uses 30¢ of hydro a year, if fully charged on a daily basis. Today in 1965, Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov became the first Earthling to walk in space. Larger in size than PEI, the population of Antcosti Island numbers ...

Today in 1958, the National Aeronautics Space Administration was created by the USA. Jungles resemble rainforests but the former has fewer trees and more sunlight. Garfield the Cat turns 40 today. He has fans in 110 countries, in 2,200 newspapers. Contrary to widespread belief, unicorns cannot fly.   A light year is the same as a regular year but with half the calories. Today is the International Day of the Tiger. 3 Yemenis sued NASA for trespassing-they proved inheritance of Mars from ancient ancestors. A person with 20/20 eyesight can see between 2,000 and 2,500 stars at a time. 168 is the number of stars on Canada's Walk of Fame. When the moon is full, it belches. When Skylab crashed into Western Australia, NASA received a AUD$400 fine for littering. The mixture of soda and lime gives all mirrors a greenish hue. An elephant's sleep cycle is two hours a day. Introduced in 1849, the first bowler hat cost 12 shillings. Cosmonaut Yuri G...