06 July 2019

There are six kinds of warts. 
Newborn baby porcupines are called porcupettes. 
After 109 years of French rule, the Union of Comoros gained independence today, in 1975.
By far the largest group, more than 93,000 Canadians live illegally in the United States. 
Scientists have crossed a pig with a cactus; the result is a porky-pine. 



The average lifespan of a major league baseball in a game is five to seven pitches. 
Little Red Riding Hood was first recorded as going to Grandmother’s house 322 years ago. 
Police, fire or ambulance, in México, the emergency number is 065.
Today in 1906, the Lord’s Day Act banned work, sports and business on Sundays.
Those who respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made. 


Cut tinfoil with scissors to sharpen them. 
Currency represents value but does not hold value. 
Today in 2013 a train derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, QC, killing 47 people.
The Book of Mormon was engraved on golden plates by a ‘reformed Egyptian’.
If humans really profited from their mistakes, we would all be extremely rich, today.


The name Myrna means ‘festive’ in Gaelic. 
Gnosiophobes struggle with the irrational fear of knowledge.
Classic Canadian canoes are 5 metres by 81 centimetres with a draw of 30 centimetres.
Heat waves kill more North Americans than floods, lightning, tornadoes and hurricanes.
We are all born ignorant but one must work hard to remain stupid. ~Benjamin Franklin


Food for Thought: The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members. ~Coretta Scott King






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