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In 100 days we ring in the year 2020. Sweden's Carl XVI Gustaf is the seventh monarch of the House of Bernadotte.  Turin is the home of Vermouth. The toponym Okanagan is Salish for 'place of water'.  New Year's is a publisher's holiday so you can't use use last year's calendar. Raggedy Ann was born in 1915; Raggedy Andy, five years later. The population of Regina is 1.162 million.  The surname Warren means 'dweller in or keeper of a game reserve. 131 years ago today, the first  National Geographic Magazine appeared. Czechs are most Praguematic.  It takes seven kilos of uranium-235 to build a deadly nuclear bomb. Goodwill operates 162 thrift stores in Canada and the US. Poles feast on clear, ruby-red borscht every Christmas Eve. This is the last day of summer. My neighbour must be a kamikaze pilot--all his jokes bomb. Wet burritos are eaten with a fork and knife. Australia's National Tartan was proclaimed in 1984....

Today in 1946, Viola Desmond was fined $20 for sitting in the white section of a theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Blueberries freeze in four minutes. Globally, some 8 million children go missing each year. There are 372 species of parrots.  Crabapples are grouchy.  Algerian farms produce 4.7 million tonnes of potatoes each year.  We have been shopping online since 1994. Michelin Tire was founded 129 years ago.  Canadian Press was founded today in 1917. The co-op provides news to media across the Dominion.  Mother kangaroos dread rainy days because the kids have to play inside. In ancient times, people grew carrots for their medicinal value, not for food.  Elk communicate with each other through their feet. Today in 1936, The Mail joined The Globe & Empire--  the nation’s largest newspaper. If money did fall from trees, everyone’s favourite season would be fall.  Philips unveiled the compa...

Today in 1940, Bugs Bunny débuted on the silver screen. The Red Sea is one of four named for colours. Cooked carrots provide more nutritive value than when eaten raw. Since the Middle Ages, Finns observe this day as National Sleepy Head Day. My neighbour was arrested for walking in someone else’s sleep.  Closed to the public, behind Mt. Rushmore is a secret room, home to the Hall of Records. Queen Victoria coined the word ‘photo’ in 1860. In 1943 the USMC made Bugs Bunny an honourary Master Sergeant. Enossophobes deal with the irrational fear of being criticized. A clumsy tourist attacked me with a camera once—I still have flashbacks. Centurion comedian Bob Hope died on this date in 2003. Purple ranks second as the world’s favourite colour.  3.6% of Europeans are allergic to carrots. The ninth most often portrayed personality on the planet is Bugs Bunny. Boldly be a splash of colour in a black-and-white world. English is an ...