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31 January 2019

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Meyer, Eureka and Lisbon are the three most common types of lemons.  Hansel and Gretel were kidnapped by the wicked witch in 1812.  The Federal Government is made up of 36 ministers—17 women and 18 men—and the PM.  The word ‘clove’ comes from the French word clou’, meaning nail.  The best thing to put into a gingerbread house is one’s teeth. Muslims, Christians, Hundus and Buddhists are the four major religions in Bahrain.  Four of the fifty United States are chartered as Commonwealths.  Adult dogs have 42 teeth.  From St. John’s to Victoria, 50% of us prefer Coca-Cola, while Pepsi drinkers number 37.6% Infidel: Someone who hates Christianity in Kamloops—and one who is a Christian in Riyadh. More than 350 million of the colourful Rubik’s Cubes have been sold since 1980. The lower the sun, the higher the rainbow in the sky. The most desirable skill for Canadian engineers is autoCAD; Number Six is bilingualis...

25 April 2018

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Moses gave a shout out to the noble leek in the Book of Numbers . Britain’s Telegraph 15-nation survey reveals Germans, Russians and Turks rank last in sense of humour. A group of newborn baby bunnies is called a fluffle.  Chile has the lowest birthrate in South America.  You know people are poor when they can’t afford to pay attention. Today in 1959, Elizabeth II and Dwight D. Eisenhower were in Québec, on the HMY Britannia, to open the $430 million St. Lawrence Seaway.  Selling ten billion a year, French law limits a baguette to three ingredients: flour, yeast and salt. A group of pugs is called a grumble. Production amounts to 400 million a day—the best selling confection in the United States is M&Ms. Aim high and you will never shoot yourself in the foot. From St. John’s to Victoria, today is National Zucchini Bread Day. The second most common surname in India is Kumar. Sawists flock to California to compete in the Sa...