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We ring in the New Year in 62 days. The average lifespan of a horse is 25 years. Khoury is the most common surname in Lebanon.  There are 14 basic nose shapes. Trump is nothing like Hitler; there’s no way Trump could write a book. ~Frankie Boyle A bloodhound has 4 billion olfactory receptors. Lefties chew their food on the left side. Today in 1995, voters in Québec narrowly rejected independence in favour of staying in Confederation. Latrophobes suffer from an irrational fear of physicians.  My neighbour is too poor to own a dog so every day he walks the plank.  Folks in British Columbia eat the least red meat.  There are around 2,000 varieties of cacti.  From 1854 to1866, Britain—and her colonies—enjoyed free trade with the United States. The ackee and the lychee are members of the soapberry family.  A transport filled with tortoises hit head on with another carrying terrapins—it was a turtle disaster. ...

Today in 1977, Somalians declared war on Ethiopia. The RMS Queen Elizabeth II made 806 trans-Atlantic crossings. More than a million people can search Wikipedia in Swahili. Since 2006, the 642,550 Montenegrins have celebrated National Day on this date. Fish at the bottom of the ocean have dropped out of school. Earth’s longest one stretches 5,600 kilometres. South Australia’s Dingo Fence guards sheep from predators. 20% of Americans who seek medical attention ask for a second opinion. The rarest Chevrolet Corvair is the 1962 Lakewood wagon—68 were built in Oshawa. As observed throughout the 50 United States, July is National Baked Bean Month. www.conjunctivitis.ca is a site for sore eyes.  The most expensive robot cost USD$7 billion; Titan rents for $1.5 million a day. London was the site of the first modern circus, staged in 1768. The 10 million who speak Lingalan address their mothers as Mamma.  When a gaggle of geese leave ter...