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March through September is the best time of year to see the Aurora Australis. ‘All roads lead to Rome’ in at least fifteen languages. Xerostomics suffer from dry mouth syndrome. India has five million transport truck drivers. My neighbour told his dentist his teeth were turning yellow; he was told to wear a brown tie. Three bones make up the human arm. The largest of the string instruments is the double bass. Ali means ‘sublime’ in Arabic. Dutchess Melissa Rinaldi invented the ceiling fans—it was water powered. For the annual potluck, the osteopath made spare ribs. Southpaw, to describe a lefty, entered the lexicon in 1848. Per capita, Chileans are the third largest  consumers of mayonnaise. There are nearly 80,000 synthetic chemicals on the market that did not exist 100 years ago. Tornadoes are most likely to occur between three in the afternoon and nine o’clock at night. My neighbour is as out of place as a left-handed violinist in ...

Today in 1775, King George III addressed Parliament to declare the American Colonies in rebellion. There are six days until Hallowe’en. The blindness caused by pepper spray lasts from 15 to 30 minutes. Every winter some 4.9 million tonnes of salt is spread on our roads, from St. John’s to Victoria. Any pumpkin weighing 50 kilos or more is called a pumpkin. Covered by Britian’s health scheme, the cost of a root canal is £59.10. Fewer than 1% of Earth’s population are hechtochromites—have two differently-coloured eyes. The word ‘percent’ comes from the Latin per centum, meaning ‘by the hundred’.   When animals die, veterinarians often perform necropsies.  Witches who live together are broommates. Electrophobes suffer from an irrational fear of electricity.  Polka dot fabric was given its name in 1857. After skin, the liver is the second largest organ in the human body. In 2017, 70 teams from 11 countries took part in th...