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There are 295 days until the end of the year. Four tonnes of grapes are needed to make a tonne of raisins. The first electric clothes dryer went on sale in 1938. Feral cats often live in colonies. Raisins are worried grapes.  The varenky, a.k.a. the perogie, is the national dish of the Ukraine. Small Claims Courts in Manitoba adjudicates claims up to $10,000. New Zealand has no snakes. Today in 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union. God made snakes before lawyers as a practise exercise.  24-karat gold is 99.9% pure. There are three different ways to extinguish a fire. Those whose favourite colour is orange are optimistic and extroverted. The Bank of Canada was established on this date in 1935. There’s only thing wrong with my neighbour’s car is that it’s on fire. Jewellery was originally worn to ward off evil. The loonie is a hendecagon; an eleven-sided coin. The motorized forklift was invented in 1917...

Russia lists Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Pentecostals as dangerous religious cults that threaten the government. There are 338 MPs sitting in the House of Commons, of whom 88 are women. Warsaw is  Europe’s most congested city—drivers sit, stuck in traffic 106 hours per year,  Invented by Mrs. Vesta Stroudt, duct tape was introduced as a weapon of war in 1943. From the Swiss Ministry of Humour: Austria's flag is red, white and red so they don’t accidentally hang it upside down. People who are allergic to latex are almost always allergic to avocados as well. 72% of people in the EU claim Christianity as their religion. There’s an app for everything. Android users can access 2.8 million of Internet’s little cyber helpers. Felt, made from wool, is one of the world’s oldest textiles. A drive-by shooting in Yellowknife is called a slay ride. Libyans lead the world in consumption of onions—ingesting 30 kilos annually. During her 63-year re...