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This is everything I know
  1. The epidermis is the outer layer of skin.
  2. The epicentre is the point at which an earthquake reaches the earth's surface.
  3. When billions of solar wind particles collide with air molecules, energy is transferred into light - the Aurora Borealis.
  4. FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol.
  5. Deconstruction is a philosophical theory of criticism that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning.
  6. CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface.
  7. In 1867, Russia sold Alaska to the USA.
  8. There are 88 keys on a piano... except those weird pianos where you can move the keyboard back and forth.
  9. Hermann Rorschach, the Swiss psychiatrist, was born in 1884 in Zurich.
  10. Kingston Ontario was once the capital of Canada.
  11. Ottawa used to be called Bytown.
  12. Bytown was names after Colonel By.
  13. The gizzard is a bird's second stomach, used for grinding food.
  14. Mares eat oats and does eat oats.
  15. Little lambs eat ivy.
  16. A kid'll eat ivy too.
  17. Oscar Peterson was born in Montreal in 1925.
  18. The 5 senses are: see hear smell touch taste. We don't know what the 6th sense is.
  19. Dope is for dopes.
  20. NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
  21. NORAD stands for North American Air Defence.
  22. Head Cheese is neither a head nor a cheese.
  23. Sweetbread is neither sweet nor bread.
  24. Haggis is minced sheep bits boiled with oatmeal in a stomach-like casing.
  25. Canola used to be called rapeseed.
  26. When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's amore.
  27. Judy Garland's real name was Francis Gumm.
  28. A gumboot is a rubber boot.
  29. A gumshoe is a private detective.
  30. A private dick is slang for a private detective.
  31. A fogy is an old fashioned person.
  32. A geezer is an old man.
  33. The letter 'y' can be a consonant or a vowel.
  34. George V was the first monarch of the House of Windsor.
  35. George I was the first monarch of the House of Hanover.
  36. George Martin is the real fifth Beatle.
  37. The Curious George books were written by Margret and Hans Augusto Rey.
  38. May the 8th is V-E Day.
  39. Hadfield, Ratelle and Gilbert made up the GAG line.
  40. Martin, Perreault and Robert made up the French Connection line.
  41. Primeau, Conacher and "Busher" Jackson made up the Kid line.
  42. Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart and Bobby Bauer made up the Kraut line.
  43. Sauerkraut is a German dish of pickled cabbage.
  44. Jari Kurri and Bertrand Russell were both born on May 18th.
  45. Dame Margot Fontein and Reggie Jackson were both born on May 18th.
  46. Mount St. Helen's erupted on May18,1980.
  47. Richard, Lach and Blake made up the Punch Line.
  48. A Limey is slang for a British person.
  49. I know at least 149 things.
  50. A doe is a deer, a female deer.

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