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70% of the world population wears second-hand clothes. Today in 1941 Germany invaded the USSR. Published six days a week in St. John’s, The Telegram is 141 years old. Mars is the second smallest planet in the solar system. There was a fire at Goodwill yesterday. Five people died of second-hand smoke.  75% of the world’s Sikh population lives in the State of Punjab. Benjamin Franklin invented swim fins. Today in 1976, Parliament abolished the death penalty. The word ‘corolla’ means ‘little crown’ in Latin.  If we don’t execute people, how will they ever learn? ~Mort Sahl William Lyon Mackenzie King died today in 1950. Our 10th Prime Minister was 83. Silva is the most common surname in Brazil. The correct way to dribble a basketball is with the tips of the fingers. The handle of a broom is called the stale.  You can lead a man to Parliament but you can’t make him think.  King Arthur’s sword was forged on the magical I...

More than 4,000 high-minded people have climbed Mt. Everest. 25% of vehicles on our nation’s highways and byways are involved in accidents. Ladder rungs must not be less then 25 centimetres apart and not more than 36 centimetres. The Official Beverage of the State of Ohio is tomato juice. An Air Canada jet with 300 on board crashed into a cemetery. 500 bodies were recovered. Boston Pizza is our favourite joint, with 348 stores at home and 40+ in the US and Mexico. The ants go marching one by one, and have been on manœuvers since 1863. StatsCan reports that 20% of us own snowblowers. Today is April Fools’ Day— trust no one—just like every other day of the year. Ford has announced an SUV that gets 250k/l. It runs on April Fuel.  12 is the average number of pucks used in an NHL game.  Banana is a highly popular wine in The Philippines.  The name Sharon means ‘princess’. Bumper stickers were first plastered on vehicles in 1946. My ...

30 years ago today, the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska, spilling 41.6 million litres of oil. Olivia and Oliver currently top the list as the most popular baby names in the country. The foot is the terminal portion of a limb that bears weight and allows locomotion. Urban trees live 13 years less than those that grow in the countryside. The side of a tree with the most leaves is the outside. The House of Dior produces 234 perfume fragrances. Founded in 1902, Goodwill Industries operates thrift stores in 16 countries.  There are more than 440 million blogs on the Internet. Today in 1853, The Provincial Freeman newspaper was published in Windsor, ON, by Mary Ann Shad, two firsts for a black woman. Where ignorance is bliss, it’s foolish to borrow your neighbour’s newspaper.  The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is the No.1 bank in the Caribbean.  Grappa is protected by the EU, distilled only in Italy, Switzerland and San Marino....