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86% of our fruit and 41% of our vegetables are imported.  Every odd number contains the letter ‘e’.  A bulldozer has a blade on the front and a ripper on the back. ‘King-size’, to mean superior, entered the lexicon in 1825. Australia’s leading export is the boomerang—oh—and its leading import, too.  It is possible to become addicted to suntanning.  Today in 1987, Québec City was first on the continent to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Paper is measured by caliprer, expressed in micrometres.  This is National Ice Cream Month.  The ice cream thief will serve two years less a day; he’s got his just desserts.  With a fleet of 268 cargo jets, UPS is the world's ninth largest airline. The gestation period of a dromedary camel is 15 months.  From Newfoundland to the Yukon, posties deliver mail to 855,815 postal codes.  When pita bakes, water in the dough becomes steam, making it puff up and form a po...

Paul McCartney’s estate is worth £463.64 million. Africa's oldest republic, today marks the 171st Flag Day for 4.7 million Liberians. It takes nine seconds for a combine to reap enough wheat to make 70 loaves of bread. Walter P. Chrysler’s grandfather was born in Chatham, Ontario.  The time-honoured gift that bakers give their wives on special occasions is flours.  The Australian Antarctic Territory was established this day in 1936. It’s all about physics; the pocket in a pita is created by rising steam. Danish Queen Margrethe II is a chain smoker. Her favourite is Karelia, from Greece. A plantation in the US was defined as a business with 20 slaves and 202 hectares of land. Story master Hans Christian Andersen was truly a great Dane. Today in 1814, British troops invaded Washington and burnt the White House. Retired after 29 years, we said, “Good-bye Dick. Good-bye, Jane and Sally. Good-bye Spot, good-by Puff and Tim the teddy bear,”...