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Today in 1979, The Right Honourable John George Diefenbaker died. He was 83. The Oriental rat flea is guilty of spreading Bubonic Plague in the Middle Ages. Apple has sold 2.2 billion iPhones since 2007. The radish is a member of the cabbage family.  The trouble with winning the rat race is that you're still a rat.  The body of a squid is called the mantle.   TerraCycle of Toronto recycles cigarette butts into fertilizer, compost and plastic. Motte & Bailey, stone keep and concentric are the three types of castles. Today in 1996, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. My neighbour hates tobacco; at the bottom of his swimming pool it says, "No Smoking". The handshake originated in ancient Yemen.  Ottawa rescinded the War Measures Act, today in 1945. A fabric 'fat quarter' is a metre square. Woven wire for window screens first appeared in 1823. A grouping of quilters is called a block party. ...

In Brazil, Hall’s Cough Drops are sold as candy, with nary a mention of medicinal properties. On this date in 1904, construction began on the Panama Canal. As soap is to the body, so is laughter to the soul. The South China Morning Post first appeared on Hong Kong’s newsstands in 1903. Bombs don’t kill people. Explosions kill people. Daimler is the fifth largest manufacturer on Earth.  The name Sally is a diminutive of Sarah, Hebrew for ‘princess’.  In three-point light cinematography, key-, back- and fill-lights take centre stage. There are two ATMs on St-Pierre & Miquelon.  If at first you don’t succeed, redefine success.  There are €1.1 trillion in circulation.  Oats are the sixth most common cereal grown on the planet. ‘Kick the bucket’ translates into German as ‘to look at the radishes from underneath’.  Canada is home to 120,000 lawyers. If life gives you melons, you may be dyslexic. There a...