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In the 6th Century BCE, Pythagoras was first to determine the world is spherical. Soft drink bottlers Canada Dry, Crush, Big8 and Clearly Canadian are domestically owned. Africa's second longest, the Congo River crosses the equator twice. Today in 1814, British troops burnt the White House. We promise not to do it again. Chemists who work in the soda pop industry are fizzysists.  99 years ago, Mazda incorporated as a maker of artificial cork; vehicles came in 1931. Obviously not Deepwater Baptists, honey bees communicate by dancing.  From Windsor to the Québec border, Ontario's Highway 401 stretches 817.9 kilometres. Hodophobes struggle with the irrational fear of travelling. God is gracious but it is presumptuous to dance in a canoe. The Widow Josephine is Peter Rabbit's mother.  People who discriminate against redheads practise gingerism. Loyola College joined Sir George Williams U. as Concordia U. in Montréal, today in 1974. Milk i...

Tahiti and Hawaii share the same time zone. Today in 1990, the biggest cherry pie was baked in Oliver, BC; weight: 1 718 kilos.   An adult male human hand weighs 500 grams. In Italian, the plural of lasagna is lasagne.  The surest way to be late is to have lots of time. The atmospheric pressure on Venus is 92 times stronger than Earth's. Today is Bastille Day for 70 million French.  The human eye can differentiate among seven million colours. Toyota employs 370, 870 people worldwide. When it hits 40°C in Paris, France fries. The term 'prisoner of war' entered the lexicon in 1660. 15 millilitres of honey contains 46 calories.  Huckleberry Finn began to raft down the Mississippi River 135 years ago.  80% of tourist dollars are generated by Canadians discovering our own nation. Air Canada destroyed my valise. I wanted to sue, but didn't have much of a case. There are five kinds of scars.  The Bank of Montréal has not missed a singl...