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Today in 1948, William Lyon Mackenzie-King retired after a record of 21 years as PM. People who suffer from the rare disease of hypopituitarism are unable to feel love. French, string and snap are different names for the green bean. Turtles do not get lonely and never need friends. Runner beans don’t actually run.  There are 41 days until Christmas. When life gives you cabbage, make sauerkraut.  René Lévesque led the Parti Québecois to victory tonight, in 1976, with a mandate to separate from Canada. The Fraser fir is the most popular Yuletide tree in the United States. Eating Christmas tree trimmings will give one tinselitis.  Around the globe, there are 85 bodies of water that are defined as seas. Weighing at two grams, the bumblebee bat is world’s tiniest mammal. SCUBA is an acronym for Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.  There are exactly 10, 852,383 castles on Earth. My neighbour got new scuba gear for ...

Today in 1930, construction began on Hoover Dam. The Eensy Weensie Spider  began climbing up the water spout in 1910. The nearest star to Earth is the sun. There are nine locations for airbags in a vehicle. 50% of marriages end in divorce but !00% of pizza deliveries end in happiness. Pigs are unable to sweat. Miracle Whip is sold in Canada, the United States and Germany.  The name Susan is derived from Hebrew; it means ‘graceful lily’. There are 1,417 hospitals across Canada. Adding chocolate to anything makes it an antidepressant.  Twenty nations border the Mediterranean Sea. In ideal climate conditions, bamboo can grow a metre in 24 hours. Today, 599,419 Solomon Islanders mark the nation’s 40th independence day. Hockey’s Big Six: Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, Russia and the USA. A better appellation for veterinarians would be dogtors. Pigs, elephants and dolphins are the most intelligent of animals. ...