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For the 1.1 million citizens of East Timor, today is Mother’s Day An apple tree will live for about 100 years.  Blackfoot penguins live in colonies on 24 islands in Namibia and South Africa. Jupiter is 300 times larger than Earth.  Corrupt cops are undercover criminals.  Pets make up 1% of all animals.  Weighing in at two kilos, the pomelo is the largest citrus fruit.  The Bank of Montréal, North America’s oldest continuously operating bank, opened its doors for the first time, today in 1817. Someone who collects ties is called a grabologist.  Dolphins don’t make mistakes, they do everything on porpoise.  The largest snowflake ever recorded measured 45 centimetres. The Eiffel Tower can sway as much as 21 centimetres as the sun heats the metal.  The temperature must reach 70°C in order to fry an egg on a sidewalk. Beverley McLachlin was the first woman appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Cana...

Because of cloth rationing, today in 1946, the bikini first went on sale in France. The sun will set over Georgetown, Guyana tonight at 18h12, GMT-4 Grocers first stocked  SPAM on grocery shelves, today in 1937. A camel herder is called a cameleer. I sink; therefore I swam. Global grape production in 2016 weighed at at 21.14 million tonnes. From tanks to pots & pans, GM made USD$12 million worth of arms in World War Two. 600,000 feral camels wander about all six Australian States and the NT. USD$2.74 billion worth of airline luggage was lost in transit during 2013. Pilot's announcement: "If this flight becomes a cruise, your cushion is a flotation device." Mali is the 24th largest nation in area on Earth and ranks eighth in Africa. Cross a cabbage with a turnip for a rutabaga. New Englanders call them ‘Canadian turnips'.  From 1933 to 1945, The Third Reich was Adam Opel's #1 client, GM’s German subsidiary.  In 1846, a c...