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There are nine days until Hallowe’en. In Europe, 8 million automobiles are recycled on an annual basis.  The first hypodermic needle was used on humans in 1844. Enacted by Parliament in 1914; the War Measures Act gave broad arrest powers to policing agencies. The world gets better every day—and then worse in the evening.   Romania’s top three export trading partners are Germany, Italy and France. Eyebrows are an important component of communication. An African Bull Elephant’s heart beats 28 times a minute.  The number of Canadians who chose assisted death rose 30% in the past six months.  Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.  Made from fat boiled in acid, the world’s first record of soap was in the Babylonian Empire. Depending upon the individual, humans have between 501 and 700 lymph nodes.  Coconuts are seeds. Switzerland has the best railway infrastructure. History repeats itself; historians re...

On this date in 1748, Denmark officially adopted the Nordic cross as its flag. An octopus has three hearts. As observed across America, this is National Corn on the Cob Day. A government composed of eleven members is a hendecarchy. A mythical vegetable is the unicorn. Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see. At 88.3 million, cats are the second most popular pet on the planet. It took eleven years to build New York City’s World Trade Centre. 2.8% of Canadians are of African descent. Noah was the world's first arkitecht. A group of pheasants is called a flush. Vatican City has the world’s smallest legislature; its seven members are appointed by the Pope. In the Middle Ages, mustard seed was known by the name ‘the eye of newt’. Roses and honeysuckles are the flowers associated with the month of June. Veterinarians routinely prescribe mustard for feverishly hot dogs. Founded in 1919, Sweden’s Electrolux AB is th...