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Today in 1957, M. Lachance—owner of Café Ideal in Warwick, QC—served the first poutine. Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, began in 1883. The garn is a unit of measure NASA uses, to gauge how quickly astronauts develop nausea. The harmonica is a free reed wind instrument.  When astronauts crash into the moon they are required to Apollo-gize. Since 1791, little Jack Horner has sat in the corner, pulling out plums from his Christmas pie. The average length of a New Zealand couple’s marriage is 12.2 years. Today in 1911, Parks Canada came into existence—the world’s first national park ministry.  The letter ‘B’ is a voiced bilabial stop in many languages. 100% of all caves are located underground. 11.5% of us live in common-law relationships. The world’s most massive wedding cake weighed in at 6.8 tonnes.  Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.  We have pounded out  Chops...

Today in 1894 the first Stanley Cup playoff series began. Invented in China, chopsticks have been in use for more than 2,000 years. Phonophobes struggle with the irrational fear of noise. Holiday Inn rents more than 214,000 bedrooms around the globe. Chopsticks are the reason that custard was not invented by the Chinese. Ranking first, 96.4% of Romanians own their own homes; Switzerland is 50th with 43.4%. The piano is both a string and percussion instrument. Eight languages are spoken by First Nation People in the Yukon. The name Arlo is of Spanish origin; it means barberry tree’. Slang: Language that takes off its coat, rolls up its sleeves and gets to work.  Metrophiles love poetry.  Kindergarten is mandatory in Nova Scotia, BC and PEI. The giraffe is the largest ruminant. Barbecue, hurricane and squash are all borrowed from Indigenous American languages. Geology may rock but Geography is really where it’s at. Smokey t...