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This the International Day of Families. The Reader’s Digest version of the Ten Commandments is: DON’T! Between 30,000 to 40,000 Canadians work in the United States. Eat six prunes for 4 grams of fibre. No matter how young a prune may be, it’s always full of wrinkles. 92% of iPhone users are brand loyal.  In a pinch, grits can double as kitty litter.  161,000 people work for Unilever, worldwide. Today in 1894 Nova Scotia banned alcohol sales.  My neighbour's cellphone plan is unlimited. There’s no limit as to how much Bell can charge. The platypus secretes 80 poisonous toxins. From St. John’s to Victoria, we have 525,757 Registered Nurses. Folks have been wishing others to ‘Have a nice day’  since 1948. The main ingredients in cola are citrus oils, cinnamon, vanilla and an acidic flavouring. Hôtel-Dieu has a maternity nurse shortage; it’s a mid-wife crisis.  White burgundy is made from chardonnay grapes; red...

The Cuban missile crisis ended today in 1962 when the USSR agreed to remove its weapons on the Caribbean island. Lactose-free milk is sweeter than regular milk.  Jerusalem boasts 300 synagogues, 33 mosques and more than 50 Christian churches. St. Nicholas of Myra, a.k.a., Santa Claus, is the patron saint of pirates. My neighbour heard that most accidents happen near home, so he moved. 20,000 new words a year enter la langue français.  The Tar Heel State has an official rock and it’s granite.  At 819, China is home to the most billionaires. Today in 1942, the 2 575-kilometre Alcan Highway opened to military traffic.   Don’t be shocked, toasters are not waterproof.  China shares its borders with 14  nations. The botanical term for the three types of grasses is graminoids. The term ‘copycat’ was first used in print in 1896. 43 skyscrapers in The Big Apple warrant their own Zip Codes.  My neighbour accidentall...