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Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau on Wednesday announced that he and his Wife are splitting after 18-years of marriage. He announced this in an Instagram post: "Sophie and I would like to share the fact that after many meaningful and difficult conversations, we have made the decision to separate. As always, we remain a close family with deep love and respect for each other and for everything we have built and will continue to build, For the well-being of our children, we ask that you respect our and their privacy. Thank you."   Sophie Grégoir and Trudeau got married in 2005. They have 3 children together. The couple became engaged in October 2004 and married on May 28, 2005, at a ceremony at Montreal's Sainte-Madeleine d'Outremont Church.  Trudeau has always spoken nicely of his wife in public in the years since. In April, he celebrated Sophie birthday posting a couple of pictures on social media. "From this, to this, and everything in between, there’s no o...

Arabic is one of the most ancient and beautifully scripted languages. It is spoken by nearly 400 million users, placing it among the most 5 spoken languages in the world. Its influence on Spanish since the time of the Moors is well known, but what’s less well known is how many commonly used English words were actually taken from Arabic. English didn’t borrow all of the words directly; they mostly came filtered through Latin, Turkish, French, Spanish, German, and/or Italian, and have changed in form — and sometimes meaning — since they left Arabic. Here is a list: 1. Zeno The electronic device you’re reading this on wouldn’t exist without digital programming, which wouldn’t exist without the number 0 (zero), which — believe it or not — Europeans didn’t think of as a number until the Italian mathematician Fibonacci introduced it to them in the early 1200s. He learned it from Arabic culture in North Africa, where he grew up. He took the Arabic word sifr, meaning “empty” or “...

  Bears are smaller than you think, but you were pretty close. Otters are bigger than you think, probably not bigger than that. Wolves are bigger than you think. Wild cats are smaller than you think, but hopefully you will never see one.  Chipmunks are smaller than you think so are mice, but you've seen a mice right? All along, you were right about the size of a mooose. Pigs are bigger than you think. Coyotes are probably the same size you visualise in your head; so are foxes. Bears are fluffy but not cuddly at all. Buffaloes are bigger than you imagine, I bet you have never seen anything that big in your life. This is an informational post about mammals. If you think there's more we didn't add, you can let us know in the comments. The real lesson here is that people need to get more out in nature.