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Today in 1980 Terry Fox reached PEI—day 44 of his cross-country Marathon of Hope. The word sudoko translates into English as ‘the digits must remain single’. The bladder can store half a litre of urine comfortably for two to five hours. Atlantic City boasts the world’s largest organ; it boasts 33,114 pipes and weighs 150 tonnes. Dark humour : To kill a one-legged fox,  make him run halfway across Canada. Fez was the capital of the Kingdom of Morocco until 1927. Laughter stimulates the organs, improves the immune system and relieves pain. Today in 1521, Martin Luther was declared to be an enemy of the Holy Roman Empire. Children in Ontario may acquire a snowmobile license at the age of 12. A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused. For 1957, Chrysler Canada billed its entire corporate lineup as ’The Forward Look’. 1958 saw the introduction of the Hula Hoop and the skateboard. 39 million people around the...

Oikophobes struggle with the irrational fear of home.  Thieves stole $1 million dollars from a Royal Bank branch in Windsor, ON today in 1971. The Danish alphabet contains three vowels more than English.  The fourth most common application of hot water is space heating.  Three stages of man: 1. Believes in Santa. 2. Doesn’t believe in Santa. 3. Is Santa.  Today in 1968, l’Université du Québec opened in Montréal, Trois-Rivières, Chicoutimi, Rimouski, Hull and Rouyn. Meaning now what it did then, the expression, “I’ll eat my hat”, entered the lexicon in 1797 . The recipe for crisps, a.k.a. potato chips, first appeared 20l years ago in a  British cookbook. A single zucchini plant produces an average of forty fruit per season.  Santa’s sleigh was free because it was on the house. A female halibut is larger than her male counterpart.  Independent from France, this is the 60th Republic Day, for 2.6 million Nigeriens. ...