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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 stapler was patented in 1866. Today in 1982, Bill C-201 received Royal Assent; changing the name of Dominion Day to Canada Day.  The grandfather clock has kept time since 1670. Albania’s oil reserves are Europe’s largest.  Those who avoid calligraphy will never have well formed characters. Eight food types are responsible for 90% of all food allergies. A master cabinet maker’s title is ebeniste. On this day in 1967, Man and His World, a.k.a., Expo ’67 closed. The world’s fair played host to 40,300,000 visitors. Honeybees never sleep.  My neighbour thinks that sleeping is so easy that he can do it with his eyes shut.  21 months is the shelf life of molasses. The flintlock musket was invented in Europe; the year was 1550.  Plums are clingstone cultivars while prunes are freestone.  On this date in 1992, the National Post was published for the first time. A lawyer who becomes a cook is a sue chef.  ...