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Vegans make faux escargot with avocados and silken tofu.  In the event of nuclear war, Switzerland has bunkers for all 8.42 million citizens. The bright orange colour of wood fires indicates the presence of sodium.  Today in 1974, the Bank of Canada hiked the lending rate to 9.25%%. Snails communicate by shell phone.  Made in 71 countries, YKK zippers come on 9,500 colours and 20 shades of black. Belgian endive, radicchio and sugarloaf are the three kinds of chicory.  This is Renaissance Day in Oman.  It costs 17¢ for the Bank of Canada to print a polymer banknote in the current Frontier series. My neighbour boycotts companies that sell things he can't afford.  While we make choices, we do not get to choose the resulting consequences. StatsCan has counted 49,431 farms in Alberta. Excessive talking can be a symptom of logorrhœa. Today in 1967, the Detroit Riots began. 43 died, 343 injured and 1,400+ buildings burnt. ...

86% of our fruit and 41% of our vegetables are imported.  Every odd number contains the letter ‘e’.  A bulldozer has a blade on the front and a ripper on the back. ‘King-size’, to mean superior, entered the lexicon in 1825. Australia’s leading export is the boomerang—oh—and its leading import, too.  It is possible to become addicted to suntanning.  Today in 1987, Québec City was first on the continent to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Paper is measured by caliprer, expressed in micrometres.  This is National Ice Cream Month.  The ice cream thief will serve two years less a day; he’s got his just desserts.  With a fleet of 268 cargo jets, UPS is the world's ninth largest airline. The gestation period of a dromedary camel is 15 months.  From Newfoundland to the Yukon, posties deliver mail to 855,815 postal codes.  When pita bakes, water in the dough becomes steam, making it puff up and form a po...

The human brain weighs 1.3 kilos. Today in 1996, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled the new $2 coin design, a.k.a. the toonie. The princess first slept on the pea in 1835. Right now there are some 20,000 teddy bears up for auction on eBay.  If Ottawa taxed brains, my neighbour would get a refund.  KFC operates 35 restaurants in Jamaica.  Castille soap must contain a high percentage of pure olive oil.  Mail order catalogues generate USD$100 billion annually.  In 1974, Jeep coined the term ‘sport utility vehicle’ to describe its new Cherokee model. The purpose of 4WD is so one can get stuck in deeper mud, further from the road. The first teddy bear bowed today, in 1903. Orange trees are the most widely cultivated fruit tree on Earth. $29 billion is spent on prescriptions in the nation’s annual health care budget. The United States Camel Corps was disbanded in 1866.  Zookeepers have observed that panda bears prefer...