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Today in 1745, the British seized Louisbourg-the capital of New France-on what now known as Cape Breton Island. Wedgwood has been a purveyor of fine china since 1759. In 1600, Henri IV of France and Marie de’ Medici’s wedding dinner guests unfolded their serviettes, chefs sliced into pies and four-and-twenty songbirds flew out of each. When spelled backward, Won Ton is Not Now. Queen Victoria ascended to the throne of the British Empire, today in 1838. Although formulated in 1874, DDTs propensity to kill insects was not discovered until 1936. It is widely rumoured that—like the lowly copper—the nickel is about to go monetary heaven. Heinz markets two flavours of ketchup in India.  The best thing to put in a pie is one’s teeth. Russo-Balt manufactured automobiles in St. Petersburg between 1909 and 1923. New Zealand, France, Germany and Spain have banned gas and oil fracking. Scientific experiments reveal that jellyfish love to feast on pea...

Most music is written in the tonality of la mineur (A minor).  A collective of jellyfish is called a smack. Still at large, Goldilocks vandalized the Three Bears’ home 205 years ago. Good-night, carton; good-night, jug; Canadians began buying milk in plastic bags in 1967.  We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ~ Aesop Albania is the 25th most visited nation in Europe.  Chapstick sells a dozen different flavours of lip balm. Grade 13 was abolished by the Ontario Ministry of Education in 2003. 80% of Canadians believe in space aliens. Compromise is the art of making all guests at the table believe they got the biggest slice of cake.  Pizza Hut operates 1,903 restaurants in the People’s Republic of China.  Bonjour! The Michelin Tire man’s name is Bibendum.  A single tree can bear as many as 500,000 olives in a season.  A million Canadians qualify for bariatric surgery but on...