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We ring in a new year in 80 days.  Eight nations border the Adriatic Sea.  Women have twice as many pain receptors as men.  The British submarine  HMS Artful can stay submerged for 25 years without surfacing. After buying a waterbed, the newlyweds drifted part. Samsung means ‘tri-star’ in Korean.  Little Jack Horner has sat in the corner for 239 years. Camel meat must be braised before cooking, to make it palatable. Today marks Persons Day in Canada, the date in 1929 when the Imperial Privy Council ruled that women were persons, not chattel.  When bottled water is marked down by 50%, it’s a liquidation sale. The average pumpkin contains 500 seeds.  Arts Décoratifs, a.k.a. Art Deco, was first showcased in Paris, in 1925.  Cheesecake was a well-known dessert in ancient Greece. Lights! Camera! Today in 1977, we became the first nation to broadcast Parliament live. Rain falls on a regular basi...

There are 171 days until Christmas. Bumblebee eggs look like tiny sausages. As observed throughout Peru, this is National Teachers’ Day. ’Translating as 'so be it’ in Latin, Fiat built its first 24 vehicles in 1900. Education is the knowledge of-not facts-but values. ~ William S. Burroughs 88 constellations that dot the starry night sky. The Peruvian school year begins in April and ends in December. Seamstresses and tailors know all 23 stitches needed to sew by hand. Italy has a million wineries. France comes second with 115,000 vintners. Yarn: The sole reason that sheep farms are still in operation. China and India grow 70% of the world’s cumin. Potassium-rich foods flush sodium from the body, thus reducing edema.  Rome defines demonic influence as: oppression, vexation, obsession and finally possession.  50 of Peru’s 142 universities are in Lima. Scientists have learned that productive bumblebees’ blood type is Bee+. The ...