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Thanks to Slovenia’s proposition, the UN has proclaimed this as World Bee Day. This is Victoria Day throughout the land; for 34 million of us, this is the start of summer. Unicorns live in groups of five or six.  The US, Russia, France,the UK, China and India all have nuclear subs. Wasps and yellow jackets are nothing more than wanna-bees. Drums are classified as membranes, the oldest of all musical instruments. Today in 1980, 59.56% of Quebeckers said ‘Non’ to independence.  A newborn baby unicorn is called a sparkle. One can order sandwiches at 42,000 Subways on six continents; 3,000 here at home. My neighbour’s wife swallowed a harmonica. Nine months later she gave birth to the Blues. Romans boiled flamingoes in wine, vinegar, leek coriander, mint, rue and dates. Diabetic sock puppets cannot wrinkle.  Balsamic vinegar is made from grape must.  Today in 1904, Ode to Newfoundland was chosen as the national anthem of th...

Trick or treat! There are 15 days until Hallowe’en.  The pendulum clock was invented in 1656 by Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens. 22% of science fiction novels are written by women. Building wagons since 1852, Studebaker entered the automobile field in 1902.  Death is the only escape from taxes.  At USD$3,000 a metre, vicuna is the rarest and most expensive wool in the world. Walter his brother Roy Disney incorporated The Walt Disney Company 95 years ago, today. At 42 kilometres square, Pelee is the largest island in Lake Erie and home to 235 people.  There are three types of meteorites. Hangings are suspended sentences. Chile and Japan are the world’s number one and number two producers of iodine.  On this date in 1984, Reverend Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  A pumpkin that fits in one’s hand is called a Jack Be Liittle, nickname JBL.  600 people a day are diagnosed with leprosy around t...

The FBI accused Helen Keller of being a member of the Communist Party. To buy a parking spot in downtown Manhattan, cut a cheque for USD$1 million. Archangel Gabriel is the patron saint of telecommunications. From Cape Breton to Vancouver Island the price for a loaf of bread was 6¢ —in 1914. The upper crust is the most snobbish of bread. Plutonium sells for $4,000 a gram. PEI leads the nation in recycling. Next-door neighbour, New Brunswick, ranks last. At £24 billion, the most expensive thing on Earth is the UK's Hinkley Nuclear Station. Mexicans prefer poultry to beef by a margin of two to one. Many tourists shun visits to Karl Marx’ grave because they believe it is a Communist plot. Porcupines float. Kitchener, Ontario is the birthplace of the world’s first Blue Box recycling program. In Sanskrit, ‘the desire for more cows’ translates into English as ‘war’.  Humans are the only earthly species capable of planning. The lazy cobbler wa...