05 March 2019



This is the 75th day of winter; there are 15 days until spring.
The Tinker surname originated with the occupation of repairing pots and pans. 
While the lion is called ‘King of the Jungle’ but it actually lives in savannah and grassland.
Our universities have a Metric dozen schools of dentistry.
My neighbour says he spotted a lion. I said,"If it were spotted, it was probably a leopard." 


Today is Shrove Tuesday; we feast on pancakes and baked beans.
Marie Tussaud opened her London wax museum in 1835. 
Colgate toothpaste was sold in glass jars until 1896 when the collapsible tube was invented.
Montessori education is now available as an app. 
The best pancake topping is more pancakes. 


89% of Canada is owned by the Crown; the remaining 11% is in private hands.
The sweatshirt was invented in the early 1920s.
Candied bacon is often dipped in chocolate.
In ‘what the dickens’, dickens is slang for the devil; Shakespeare used it in 1600.
The most important rule in cross-country skiing is to start with a small country. 


The most popular names for Venezuelan babies are Luis and Andrea.
Nova Scotia boasts 359 organic farms. 
NYC brothers McLoughlin created and printed the first colouring book in the 1880s.
Winston Churchill coined the phrase ‘Iron Curtain’ today in 1946.
The leader of the Kitty Communist Party is Chairman Meow. 



Food for Thought:  A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding ~Marshall McLuhan










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