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The Statue of Liberty contains 81 193 kilos of copper.  There are more than 3,500 species of mosquitoes. Potatoes are 80% water. This is Independence Day for 324,459,463 of our next-door neighbours. Canadians live as close to the United States as possible, without moving in.  Replacing the keys to your Lexus costs  $374 plus HST. This the Birthday of Queen Sonja of Norway. Her Majesty is 82.  Charles Macintosh invented the modern, waterproof raincoat 195 years ago. 2,501,922 Americans carry the surname Smith; another 2,014,470 are named Johnson. A drowning man is not worried by rain.  One of an elephant’s favourite foods is tree bark.  5,220,579 Native Americans live in the United States—1.6% of the population. Hannibal crossed the Alps with 40 elephants in the cavalry.  Today in 1954, British housewives celebrated the end of 14 long years of food rationing. Elephants stand on marshmallows so th...

No noose is good noose; today in 1984, Western Australia became the last state to abolish capital punishment. Owls have twice as many vertebrae as humans. Eldest children are more prone to suffer allergies and asthma then their siblings. In 1930, The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act became law in the US. Its measures led to WWII.  Politics—where truth lies. Jai Alai is the world’s fastest sport. Saskatchewan boasts 196 deer farms.  Pogonophy is the scientific study of beards. By the end of the 21st Century, flying will be obsolete as we teleport around the planet. 100% of all mosquitoes are backbiters. To ‘be on pins and needles’ entered English in 1800 as an idiom to describe mental anxiety. There are five types of tofu.  Among self-bestowed titles, Idi Amin declared himself to be Conquerer of the British Empire. An ambulance in Manitoba costs more than $500; Herring Chokers get a free ride, part of New Brunswick’s Medicare Ac...