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This is Tartan Day, a North American celebration of Scottish heritage. Suitcases were originally made of wool or linen.  The South African Broadcasting Corporation broadcasts in twelve languages.  The words ‘vaccine’ and ‘vaccination’ were coined during the 1798 smallpox epidemic. My neighbour says onions are the only food to make one cry. So, I threw coconuts at him. 100 grams of horseradish provides 48 calories, is high in Vitamin C and dietary fibre. The polygraph was invented in 1921 The domestic gym and health club industry rakes in $4 billion a year. 110 years ago today, Robert Peary and Matthew Henson were first to reach the North Pole. To keep polar bears from charging, take away their VISA cards. Today  in 1968, Pierre Trudeau was elected leader of the Grits. Ombrophobes suffer from the irrational fear of rain.  There are more than 4,000 officially registered Highland Dress tartans.  Finns are the happiest p...

Today in 1948, William Lyon Mackenzie-King retired after a record of 21 years as PM. People who suffer from the rare disease of hypopituitarism are unable to feel love. French, string and snap are different names for the green bean. Turtles do not get lonely and never need friends. Runner beans don’t actually run.  There are 41 days until Christmas. When life gives you cabbage, make sauerkraut.  René Lévesque led the Parti Québecois to victory tonight, in 1976, with a mandate to separate from Canada. The Fraser fir is the most popular Yuletide tree in the United States. Eating Christmas tree trimmings will give one tinselitis.  Around the globe, there are 85 bodies of water that are defined as seas. Weighing at two grams, the bumblebee bat is world’s tiniest mammal. SCUBA is an acronym for Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.  There are exactly 10, 852,383 castles on Earth. My neighbour got new scuba gear for ...

The collective term for lies is called a ‘pack’. Donated blood has a 40-day shelf life before it goes bad. The value of the artwork within the Louvre is pegged at €25 billion.  Produced in all six states, Australia is Earth’s fifth largest exporter of wine.  Cauliflower is nothing more than a cabbage with a university education. ~ Mark Twain For 85 years, the ‘eight’ in V8 are: tomato, carrot, celery, beet, parsley, lettuce, watercress and spinach. At 57%, Italy is the EU’s paradise for bank robbers.  A dozen of the fifty United States have official dogs and five have state cats.  1% of Eritreans possess telephones.  Someone who suffers from the irrational fear of picnics is called a basket case. The population of Labrador comprises  6% of Newfoundland and Labrador’s total. An orange tree bears blossoms and fruit at the same time.  It was 1995 when eBay got its start in Pierre Omidyar's living room. An upsc...