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Today is National Day in Brunei, marking its 1984 independence from Britain. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary was established in 1729. Blood clots in 25 to 30 seconds. Fresh spinach can be frozen. Some cities are so dangerous the police have unlisted numbers. During the Nazi occupation, the tilt of Dutch windmill blades sent messages to the Resistance.  Liverpool is the fifth largest city in the UK. Today in 1893, Lord Stanley, presented the Stanley Cup for the first time. It is the year 2012 in Ethiopia.  The Leafs wear numbers because their bodies can’t always be identified by dental records. Microsoft Windows opened 34 years ago.  The jury trial system was abolished in South Africa fifty years ago. The Silver Dart flew over Cape Breton 110 years ago today, a first in the British Empire.  There are more than 16,000 species of bees in seven biological families. Flying is the art of throwing one’s self at the ground...

Today is Independence Day in Cambodia, it gained independence from France in 1953. 26.7% of the United Arab Emirates’ population is female, the lowest in the world. The Eiffel Tower has 2.5 million rivets.  The treadmill was originally a torture device for prisoners. Parisian frogs routinely feast on French flies.  Bees can fly higher than Mt. Everest. Bananas grow upside down. Elastic bands last longer when refrigerated. The Berlin Wall fell on this date in 1989. Germans are buried five metres below ground; deep down, they’re really nice.  An armadillo’s shell is bulletproof.  Frankenstein is 200 years old.  In Finland, 600,000+ cards are sent to Santa Claus each year.  On this date in 2016, Donald Trump was declared winner of the US Presidential Election. My neighbour has found the truth and it is made of pasta.  Wimbledon tennis balls are kept at 20°C. In his youth, Abraham Lincoln was a licens...