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Air Canada employs 42,000 people. On this date in 1959, Hawaii was admitted to the Union as the 50th of the United States. Canada spends $242 billion a year on healthcare.  Abdullah is a theophoric name meaning Follower of God. There is a theory that the rings of Saturn are entirely composed of lost airline luggage. Hawaii is comprised of 132 islands, islets, reefs and shoals. Spending $388 million last year, the Canadian Space Agency’s budget is out of this world. Chinese, Indians, Americans, Russians and Brazilians are the planet's most depressed people.  The University of Puerto Rico spent $442,340 to document the behaviours of Vietnamese male prostitutes. To keep a rotting tomato from smelling, pinch its nose. The Robertson screw is 99 years old. Aloha! Hawaiians have the longest lifespan of all Americans, living to an average age of 81.3 years. More than 200,000 commuters a day pass through Toronto’s Union Station.  Eve...

Today in 1940, Bugs Bunny débuted on the silver screen. The Red Sea is one of four named for colours. Cooked carrots provide more nutritive value than when eaten raw. Since the Middle Ages, Finns observe this day as National Sleepy Head Day. My neighbour was arrested for walking in someone else’s sleep.  Closed to the public, behind Mt. Rushmore is a secret room, home to the Hall of Records. Queen Victoria coined the word ‘photo’ in 1860. In 1943 the USMC made Bugs Bunny an honourary Master Sergeant. Enossophobes deal with the irrational fear of being criticized. A clumsy tourist attacked me with a camera once—I still have flashbacks. Centurion comedian Bob Hope died on this date in 2003. Purple ranks second as the world’s favourite colour.  3.6% of Europeans are allergic to carrots. The ninth most often portrayed personality on the planet is Bugs Bunny. Boldly be a splash of colour in a black-and-white world. English is an ...

The Statue of Liberty wears size 879 in sandals. In China, the last course served at a meal is soup. Pomology is the study of fruit.  The sewing term used to describe an armhole in clothing is an ‘armsaye’. According to Canada’s Food Guide , food is an important part of a balanced diet.  Bananas are slightly radioactive. Europe has more than 10,000 types of soil.  Thursday’s child has far to go.  Today  in 1944, 98.4% of Icelanders voted to exit the Kingdom of Denmark, still under Nazi occupation. An apple a day will keep anyone away—if thrown hard enough.  The Dutch and New Zealanders get the most sleep.  Minute Rice was first stocked on grocery store shelves in 1949. Las Vegas is home to 122 casinos. Polar bears are southpaws.  Stress cannot exist in the presence of pie.  The traditional housewife cleaned the upstairs on Thursdays. Male horses have 40 teeth; their female counterpart...