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Save the date! There are 310 days until Christmas.  There are two types of world empires. With its population of 100,418 souls, Red Deer is Alberta’s third largest city.  Thomas More is the patron saint of politicians. In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. ~Napoleon The QWERTY layout for typewriters first appeared in 1874. Tanning is a protective measure the body takes when it senses danger from UV rays.  February’s flower is the violet as well as being the official floral emblem of New Brunswick. Today in 1867, the first ship sailed through the Suez Canal. My neighbour entered a local tanning contest. He got bronze.  At its deepest point, the Rio Grande measures 18 metres. Barley is a self-pollinating grass.   Montréal ranks 97th on the national dangerous city list.  The Dutch and French divided St. Martin’s Island between them in 1648.  NASA arrests illegal aliens.  Those who hail from ...

Today in 1986, Haley’s Comet made an appearance.  Linen naturally repels insects.  Pierre Trudeau held a second-degree black belt in Judo.  The speedometer was patented in 1902. Black holes are most commonly found in black socks.  The federal estate tax was repealed in 1972. Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935. The lifespan of the common goldfish is 20 years. 430 is the number of nuclear power plants worldwide. A fight broke out at the neighbourhood seafood restaurant. Three fish got battered. There are a dozen spectral shades of the colour violet.   StatsCan reports that 128,000 of us have televisions in our bathrooms.  Happy people live seven to ten years longer than their dour counterparts. In 1938, the first commercial use of nylon was in toothbrush bristles. If there are only two shows worth watching on TV, they will both air at the same time. Argentina is a federation of 23 provinces and Bu...