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Tonight in 1949, J.R. Smallwood became Premier in Newfoundland's first provincial election. Washington Irving wrote, ‘It was a dark and stormy night’. He also coined, ‘the almighty dollar’ and ‘the great unwashed’. Residue is what is left after combustion or evaporation. Each and every squash contains 20 pairs of chromosomes. It was the best of Tim Hortons; it was the worst of Tim Hortons. Perfect love is the combination of attachment, caring and intimacy.  Today in 1873, PE Islanders voted to join Confederation. At 85,000 tonnes, France is Europe’s leading mustard maker, exporting 65%. The name Franklin comes from the archaic noun to describe a well-to-do farmer, landowner. PM Macdonald often slyly signed guest books as John A. Macdonald, cabinet maker. Raw elderberries are poisonous to humans.  Zombies come from Haitian folklore; the dead are reanimated through magic. It took six years to write the seven-book series, The Chron...

Penmanship requires motor coordination of the joints in the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand.   Celebrated since 1961, this is Independence Day for 56 million Tanzanians.  The Christmas carol, Silent Night was first performed 200 years ago.  There are seven combinations of single-digit numbers that add up to 12. Thanks to Microsoft, Santa has been forced to switch to Windows from Chimneys.  Europeans grow 60 million Christmas trees annually.  20 million tourists embarked on cruise ship holidays last year.  This little piggy went to market in 1760 and has been going to shop ever since.  Mustard becomes spicy only when crushed. A Christmas tree will spruce up your home.  Icelandic kids are visited by 13 Yule Lads over 13 nights, who put gifts or rotten potatoes in the children’s shoes. Coffee is cultivated in 70 countries. The iceberg that sank the RMS Titanic calved from Greenland’s icy mountains in 1911. ...