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The machine that preps wood fibres for papermaking is called the Hollander beater. The most littered plastic item on Earth is the plastic filter found in cigarette butts.  Half a million of us are Snowbirds.  The cedar tree is an evergreen.  Don’t litter: It’s called a garbage can—not a garbage cannot.  British Columbia is home to 16 universities—five are private.  Chickadees hide food for wintertime meals; they remember where each seed was cached. 95% of textiles are recyclable. Somewhere on the globe,GM dealers sell a Chev every 8.33 seconds.  The world’s worst thesaurus is not only awful, it’s awful. The blade, the guard, the hilt and the pommel are the four parts of sword. Doteri guksu  is a Korean noodle made from ground acorns.  The Jolly Green Giant turns 93 this year.  In the 1930s, the coin-operated typewriter was invented in Sweden. I’m sorry but apologies are really Canadian conversatio...

Saint Catherine is the patron saint of single women.  Folks in Burkina Faso mark 60 years of independence from France, today. Only 5% of babies are born on their predicted due dates.  Started in 1913, Toronto’s Santa Claus Parade is one of the oldest and largest in the world. Babies are indigenous to Lapland.  St. Nicholas is the patron saint of bankers and pawnbrokers.  20.1% of Canadian children live in single-parent families. After 14 years of illegal defiance, Southern Rhodesia reverted to British rule, today in 1979. St. Francis of Assisi gets credit for creating the first nativity scene in 1223.  Don’t marry for money, you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb 80% of Florida’s snowbirds come from The True North Strong and Free. The key that opens the vaults to the Bank of England is a metre long. Merry Christmas in Amharic is 'Melikam Gena!'  መልካም ገና ! Today in 1816, Indiana became the 19th of the Unit...