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Some 600 civilian police protect those who work on Parliament Hill.  The Canadian Revenue Agency wants your taxes by midnight tonight. The first trains were drawn by horses, not locomotives. More than 59,000 ATMs and 450,000 merchants take Interac. My neighbour’s car broke down between the harbour and Caesar's; he’s between a dock and a card place. A badger’s home is called a ‘sett’. CCM skates are developed in Montréal and manufactured in Asia.  This is Reunification Day in Vietnam. Nearly bankrupt, RCMP absorbed the New Brunswick Provincial Police today in 1932. If all the cars in the nation were parked end-to-end, it would be Canada Day. Today in 1980, Saskatchewan’s Gordie Howe hung up his skates at the age of 52. Every single cell in the body contains salt, which allows communication. Dig from Windsor, ON through the centre of Earth, and come out at Ozyorsk in Russia. In 1920, drunk driving became an unlawful act in Alberta. C...

Today in 1989, The Czech Communist Party executive quit to make way for free elections. Breadfruit is a member of the mulberry family. There are more than 100 different kinds of garden/lawn tractors.  Regina, Saskatoon and Québec City have the lowest crime rates in the nation. You know your luck is bad when you’re robbed by a Quaker. According to a CIBC survey, 56% of us do not have a Last Will and Testament. Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution, On the Origin of Species, today in 1858. China has taken top spot as the world’s largest economy since 2015. The Israelites could eat locusts, crickets and grasshoppers, according to Leviticus 11:22. If evolution is a theory, thank goodness that gravity is a law. Gruber is the most common surname in Austria.  Ethiopians prefer white teff to darker varieties.  Mercedes-Benz currently markets six electric vehicles. Lord Tweedsmuir, author and Governor General, awarded the ...