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Today is World Autism Awareness Day. ‘Men of the forest’ is the origin of the surname Frazier. Onward Christian Soldiers was written in 1865—for children. St. Nicholas is the patron saint of pawnbrokers. Get down! Incoming fire has the right-of-way.  Trees can die of old age; the oldest tree in the Dominion is a 519-year old sugar maple. The first anti-bullying campaign was in 1872 with  Sticks and Stones may Break my Bones. 90% of the 2 million vehicles manufactured in Canada are exported. Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands today in 1982. A sheep was arrested on the Trans-Canada Highway for making a ewe-turn. 85% of Malagasians practise Christianity.  Without the number 2, positive and negative could not exist. The word ‘bionics’ was coined in 1958; a portmanteau of biology and electronics. Today in 1975, the CN Tower was completed, the world’s tallest free-standing structure. There’s nothing wrong with the Tower of Pisa...

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...