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The Automatic Teller Machine turns 50 today. It is the sulphur compounds found in onions that makes one cry. The safest angle to position a ladder is 75.5°. Prince Harry stands 189 centimetres tall.  In the era of dinosaurs, there were no ATMs--they made do with Tyrannosaurus Cheques. It is impossible to buy a Citroën in Canada, the US and México. The name Charles means full-grown or freeman.  Today in 1945, Imperial Japan formally surrendered to the Allies. Coal is formed from peat.  The introverted CEO in the coal industry mined his own business. The lowest rank in the RCAF is Aviator. Introduced in 1915, Maybelline mascara was made from coal dust and Vaseline. On this date in 1752, the British Empire adopted the Julian calendar. Today in 1998, Swissair Flight 111 crashed into St. Margaret's Bay, NS; 229 perished. Two wrongs don't make a right but two Wrights can make a plane. The shelf life of  a can of Heinz baked be...

A 142-nation safety survey ranks Venezuela last. Rwandans feel safer than Canuks.  Zucchini is the only fruit that starts with the letter ‘Z’. A barrel of oil contains 159 litres. The US consumes 1.85 billion barrels a day. The largest olive is the donkey variety; the smallest type is called ‘the bullet’. When he finally cracked, Humpty Dumpty splashed 7 grams of protein. Polish Buddhists practise 16th Century ‘Three Lights Meditation’ in more than 40 cities. Coal supplies power to 40% of Americans.  Skeeters kill 750,000 annually. Humans rank second, killing 432,000 people a year. Humpty Dumpty is  Boule Boule in French and Lille Trille in Norwegian and Swedish. Confuse coal miners by showing them two shovels and then telling them to take their pick. Sumatran Rhinoceri, of which 275 are estimated to be alive, is the only rhino with two horns. Britons burn three trillion litres of peat a year, sourced from the Baltic States and ...

On this date in 1978, the rainbow flag was first unfurled. There can be a million fine feathered friends in a single flock of redwing blackbirds. 43 years ago today, Mozambique declared independence from Portugal. New Brunswick is the world's second largest exporter of peat.  I wanted to pen a pun about Kleenex here but I was afraid I’d blow it. There are three types of discounts. Kim Campbell was sworn as Canada’s first woman Prime Minister, today in 1993. A rainbow is not a physical object.  The maximum one be awarded in a Michigan Small Claims Court is $5,000. Sometimes when I close my eyes, I can’t see. Bayer is the most active stock in the Börse Frankfurt. Three years is the typical lifespan of a hamster. From St. John’s to Victoria, Girl Guides number 75,342 strong. The rainbow trout is a member of the salmon family. A man with rubber pockets will steal soup. Mosquitoes are highly attracted to the colour blue.  Cha...