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Canada and 50 other nations founded the United Nations today, in 1945. A dove can fly 870 kilometres in a day.  Today in 1987, the Parti Québecois announced its opposition to Free Trade with the United States. On six continents, there are 53 urban centres named Paris.  Talk is cheap until you hire a lawyer.  At 402 metres, Mount Obama is the highest point in Antigua.  Earthlings can travel on more than 40 million kilometres of highways and byways.  A dozen eggs cost 35¢ at Loblaw’s in 1935; the average income was $313 a year.  70% of Australia’s kangaroo meat is exported to France and Germany.  The RMS Titanic carried 20 lifeboats but we do not know how many were non-smoking. Around 400 AD, bowling was introduced to Germans as a religious cleansing ritual.  The Reuters News Agency was established in 1851. Spinach, Swiss chard and beets are all members of the good foot family. In 2006, Winnie the Pooh w...

Today is New Caledonia Day in the French Overseas Territory.  Carrots are sweeter when picked in winter.  The planet Venus has more volcanoes than any other in our solar system. In 1985, we earned $15,903 a year, milk sold for 98¢ a litre and eggs cost $1.37 a dozen. If you have a fairy tale life, make sure it’s not grim.  There are 43 species of cotton—some varieties grow on trees.  In 1952, the CBC launched its first TV stations, CBFT in Montréal and CBLT in Toronto. Sugar is produced commercially in more than 100 nations.  The European Union conducts business in 24 official languages.  Bowling: marbles for grownups.  Hard charcoal will fire when heated to 700°C.  At any given time, there are 1,800 thunderstorms on Earth.  The bite-sized Timbit bowed in April of 1976. Beijing boasts 91 universities.  You can’t wake a person who pretends to be asleep.  ~Navajo proverb Founded in...