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Snails can snooze for three years at a time. Cyprus is the third largest and third most populated island in the Mediterranean. There are 30 semaphore signals. The Postal Code for Parliament is K1A 0A9. Two snails got into in altercation; they slugged it out. Hadrian was 'divinely instructed' to build a wall between the Romans and barbarians. Whitehorse is the driest city in the country. Borax, as a food additive, is banned in the US, China and Thailand. Lachanaphobes struggle with an irrational fear of vegetables. A friend's market farm went into liquidation. Now, he makes smoothies. Baseball was introduced to Japan in 1872. Two million Canadians have firearm permits. The word hurricane comes from the Tiano language, meaning 'evil spirit of the wind'. Capers are so delicate they can only be picked by hand. Because her coach was a pumpkin, Cinderella was lousy at baseball. The electric toothbrush is 92 years old. Folks who liv...

Vegans make faux escargot with avocados and silken tofu.  In the event of nuclear war, Switzerland has bunkers for all 8.42 million citizens. The bright orange colour of wood fires indicates the presence of sodium.  Today in 1974, the Bank of Canada hiked the lending rate to 9.25%%. Snails communicate by shell phone.  Made in 71 countries, YKK zippers come on 9,500 colours and 20 shades of black. Belgian endive, radicchio and sugarloaf are the three kinds of chicory.  This is Renaissance Day in Oman.  It costs 17¢ for the Bank of Canada to print a polymer banknote in the current Frontier series. My neighbour boycotts companies that sell things he can't afford.  While we make choices, we do not get to choose the resulting consequences. StatsCan has counted 49,431 farms in Alberta. Excessive talking can be a symptom of logorrhœa. Today in 1967, the Detroit Riots began. 43 died, 343 injured and 1,400+ buildings burnt. ...

Today in 1877, the University of Manitoba was founded, the first in Western Canada. Music is one of the few activities that engages the entire brain. Happy Birthday to You was first published in 1912. Fortune cookies were invented in California. When laminated, university degrees make excellent placemats.  Green beans are the unripe fruit of the common bean. Today in 1956 a diner in Chatham, ON was fined $50 for refusing to serve black students. Anteaters are close relatives of sloths.  The Int'l Labour Union says 170,000 farm workers die on the job-twice that of other workers. Remember: Do not buy magical beans from strangers.  The Toronto International Airport was opened  by PM Pearson, on this date in 1964. Goldfish belong to the carp family.  The liver pumps 1.5 litres of blood through itself every minute. Today in 2013, Pope Benedict XVI stepped down from office, the first to do so in 599 years. If folk focus...