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Playing the violin for an hour burns 170 calories. At 5.9 million, StatsCan reports that seniors account for 16.9% of the population. Butterflies have more than a thousand eyes. A bowmaker is a bowyer; an arrow maker is a fletcher and one who makes metal arrowheads is an arrowsmith. You know you’re old when the candles cost more than the birthday cake.  A seal can hold its breath underwater for two hours—a record in the animal kingdom. March’s gemstone is the aquamarine. Cherokee is an Iroquoin language.  The collapsable umbrella originated in China. Seals enjoy Friday night movies at the dive-in.  Pelee Island is  home to 235 souls. The tuba replaced the ophicleide in the mid-19th Century. Dalmatians are classified as companion dogs. FIFA is comprised of 211 national football teams. The chicken crossed the road to get away from the tuba recital.  Minimum wage in Alberta is $15 an hour and $11 an hour in ...

This is Labour Thanksgiving Day in Japan. Icebergs have been spotted as far south as Bermuda.  Grasshoppers are a Mexican delicacy; it costs more than any other meat.  Hodophobics struggle with an irrational fear of travelling.  Folks who want to purchase a bear from the Arctic should be aware of buy polar disorder.  Our English word credit comes from the French word crédit; meaning belief or trust.  The second largest tropical forest is the Congo Basin, covering 1.8 million kilometres 2 . 121,148 of our soldiers receive disability pensions. Princess Wilhelmina ascended to the throne of The Netherlands today in 1890. Life is a zoo—in a jungle. Kia is South Korea’s second largest automobile manufacturer. When cottage cheese is pressed rather than drained, it is hoop cheese, a.k.a. queso blanco . Hudson's Bay gave Vancouver Island to the Crown which created a British Colony in 1849. Today in 1963, Lyndon Johnson was...

Accidental falls send 1,800 Canadians to hospital every day. The ratio is 45.3 kilos of milk to 7.5 kilos of cottage cheese. On 24 October 2003 the last Concorde flight touched down at Heathrow; it was 16h05 BST. There are at least a Metric dozen synonyms for forgiveness—including the word ‘shrift’.  You might be an Emergency Room nurse if you have used a tongue  depressor as an eating utensil. According to biblical scholars, Methuselah died in the year of The Great Deluge. There are three varieties of spinach. 30,000 Japanese live in France and 13,000 French people in Japa Chinese farmers account for 85% of the world’s spinach. Many people who suffer from an irrational fear of Hadrian's Wall are never able to get over it. More than 10,000 Catholic Saint Days are commemorated upon their ‘birth into Heaven’, a.k.a. the date of death. From 1948 to 1979—according to Moscow—North Pacific Soviet ship factories processed 195,783 whales. 634 ...

Unintentional falls send 1,800 Canadians to hospital every day. The ratio is 45.3 kilos of milk to 7.5 kilos of cottage cheese. On 24 October 2003 the last Concorde touched down at Heathrow; at 16h05 BST. There are at least a Metric dozen synonyms for forgiveness—including the word ‘shrift’.  When bored on a flight, fiddle with the emergency exit-ask passengers for a crowbar. According to biblical scholars, Methuselah died in the year of The Great Deluge. There are three varieties of spinach. 30,000 Japanese live in France and 13,000 French people reside in Japan. Chinese farmers account for 85% of the world’s spinach production. I handed a friend his 80th birthday card, he begged, "Stop! One would have been enough!" 10,000+ Catholic Saint Days are marked on their ‘birth into Heaven’-- their dates of death. From 1948 to 1979, Moscow says its factory ships processed 195,783 whales. 634 First Nations governments across the nation are ...