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11 June 2019

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This is Davis Day in NS, in remembrance of colliers who lost their lives in the deeps. Every farmers' friend, In 1920, the rotary tiller was patented in Australia. Kosher salt  is for cooking only and may not be served at the table.  The official flowers of June are the rose and the honeysuckle. Japanese farmers train pigs in the martial art of karate. They do pork chops.  Manufacturing uses for milk products include: detergent, plastic and ethanol.  78% of India’s industries are fuelled by coal.  A queen-sized, traditional Hudson Bay point blanket costs $450, plus tax. Today in 1959, the first Hovercraft was launched, built to ply the English Channel.  One good turn gets most of the blanket. That merry old soul, Old King Cole, began his reign in 1708. Two billion Earthlings are iodine deficient. Saint Barbara is the patron saint of coal miners. Today in 1971, Jack Davis joined the Cabinet as our first Minister of t...

27 February 2019

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Today in 1917 women won the right to vote in Ontario. The Shih Tzu is also known as the Chrysanthemum Dog. A pair of pliers consists of a pair of handles, a pivot and a gripping head. The Belgian waffle was introduced in 1958. Waffles are just pancakes with ripped abs.  Lettuce is a rich source of vitamins A and K.  Ozone is light blue in colour and has an odour similar to chlorine. The Dominican Republic gained its independence from Haiti today in 1844. There are 108,706 realtors in Canada.  A clean house is the sign of a broken computer.  The Three Little Pigs were unlicensed contractors.  Cellophane noodles can be made from potato starch or mung beans.  The eighth busiest, 4.3 million passed through Halifax Stanfield International Airport last year. Danish banks abolished cheques as a method of payment in 2016. Today’s pig is tomorrow’s bacon. Bamboo is a perennial evergreen flowering plant. The f...