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This is Liberation Day for 33,344 citizens in the Most Serene Republic of San Marino. Worldwide, there are as many as 60 million philatelists.  The name Cameron is Gaelic, meaning 'crooked nose'.  Québec is nearly 50% larger than Ontario. The postal worker stamped her feet as often as they would letter.  Turks and Columbians share the longest work week, at 47.9 hours. When canning at home, boiling the jars for three minutes at 121°C kills botulism. Dragons are mentioned in the Old Testament 21 times.  As a colony of Britain, today in 1914, Canada was plunged into war.  Dragons always win because the scales are tipped in their favour.  Aerial, layout, pike and tuck are the four types of gymnastic flips.  The Taj Mahal is built entirely of marble.  Our penmanship changes every five years. Today in 1755, deportation of 11,500+ Acadians who refused to recognize the Crown, beg...

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. ...