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Dark earth, or ‘terra preta’, is a soil building method from the distant past which involves mixing biochar – charcoal from plant matter stored in the soil – with organic materials to create humus-rich soil that stores large amounts of carbon. - Prince Edward Island elected Catherine Callbeck premier in 1993.
- Tijuca Rain Forest in Rio de Janeiro is the world’s largest rain forest, followed by Singapore.
- The Charge of the Light Brigade, led by the British Lord Cardigan, occurred in 1854 at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War.
- Montreal and Toronto were the two Canadian cities in the original NHL.
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