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Today in 1877, the University of Manitoba was founded, the first in Western Canada. Music is one of the few activities that engages the entire brain. Happy Birthday to You was first published in 1912. Fortune cookies were invented in California. When laminated, university degrees make excellent placemats.  Green beans are the unripe fruit of the common bean. Today in 1956 a diner in Chatham, ON was fined $50 for refusing to serve black students. Anteaters are close relatives of sloths.  The Int'l Labour Union says 170,000 farm workers die on the job-twice that of other workers. Remember: Do not buy magical beans from strangers.  The Toronto International Airport was opened  by PM Pearson, on this date in 1964. Goldfish belong to the carp family.  The liver pumps 1.5 litres of blood through itself every minute. Today in 2013, Pope Benedict XVI stepped down from office, the first to do so in 599 years. If folk focus...

Today is National Multiculturalism Day; 36 million of us embrace the 200+ ethnicities in the Canadian mosaic.  Google has been searched since 1998. Labrador retrievers are the most affectionate of dogs.  This is National PTSD Awareness Day, observed throughout the 50 United States. I prayed for a bike but God doesn't work that way. So, I stole one and asked for forgiveness. The Russian helicopter MIL Mi-12 Homer can lift 40 204 kilos to a height of 2 255 metres. Not everyone is born in the True North; StatsCan says 6,775,800 of us have chosen Canada to be our home and native land. The AAA tows more than 2 million broken-down vehicles, annually.  Laughing stock: Cattle with a sense of humour.  Ranking fifth in productivity, the Dutch work four days a week and put in 29 hours on the job. Black coral is the official gem of Hawaii. For an optimal credit score, 30% is the max one can owe.  Denmark has 11,000 law enforcement...