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From free Coca-Colas to digital dollars: 11 things you didn't know about the history of couponing

From free Coca-Colas to digital dollars: 11 things you didn't know about the history of couponing

The first single-product coupons, aimed at getting buyers to try new items, expanded to store-based coupons in the 1940s as grocery store chains tried to lure shoppers from smaller local businesses.
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Canada welcomes Ukrainians with kindness, generosity – and critical connectivity

Canada welcomes Ukrainians with kindness, generosity – and critical connectivity

TELUS team members and customers, along with the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation, have contributed $5 million in humanitarian relief to support people impacted by the conflict in Ukraine. TELUS mobile connectivity is there to keep newcomers connected to local support systems and loved ones abroad
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Everything you need to know about throwing a bridal shower

Everything you need to know about throwing a bridal shower

The origin of the bridal shower dates back to 16th- or 17th-century Holland.
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28 celebrities you may not know are nonbinary

28 celebrities you may not know are nonbinary

The Human Rights Commission defines nonbinary as including people who identify as neither a man nor a woman, both, somewhere in between, or outside those identities altogether.
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Vancouver ranks #6 destination in North America for solo travel

Vancouver ranks #6 destination in North America for solo travel

Do you think the city is a good place to visit alone?
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15 unforgettable father figures in TV

15 unforgettable father figures in TV

One might hope, however, that the influences on real-life American fathers are more like the former than the latter.
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Rare animals featured in Planet Earth, Our Planet, and other nature documentaries

Rare animals featured in Planet Earth, Our Planet, and other nature documentaries

Life under the sea is better than anything they got up there.
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A multi-generational trip to Scotland hits all the highlights

A multi-generational trip to Scotland hits all the highlights

We’ve all come to our ancestral homeland to visit my daughter, who’s just finished a semester abroad at the University of Aberdeen, here in the northeast of Scotland.
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Do you know your constellations?

Do you know your constellations?

Comforted by geocentrism—the idea that humankind was at the heart of it all—the scientist recorded and charted paths of stars thousands of light years away: 48 constellations in all.
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15 basic physics concepts to help you understand our world

15 basic physics concepts to help you understand our world

In physics, different types of matter-energy interactions define the basic branches of the sciences.
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