03 May 2018

The UN General Assembly has declared today as International Press Freedom Day.

It is estimated that as many as 500,000 North Americans speak American Sign Language. 

There are fifteen major script writing systems on Earth. 

The average cost of a one-night stay in a state-owned hospital in Georgia is $854.

People who read tabloids deserve to be lied to. 

The most common robin red-breast killer is the neighbourhood cat. 

May is National Asian Awareness Month across Canada.

Leather is the traditional gift to give on a third anniversary. 

On this date in 1802, Washington DC became a city.

To truly understand rejection, one must be ignored by a cat.  

The States of New Hampshire and Virginia do not require automobile insurance. 

The patron saint of chefs is St. Martha. 

Thai people did not have surnames until obliged to choose one by a 1913 royal edict. 

There are more than 900,000 elevators in The United States.

People who abandon their diets are called desserters.

On this date in 1919, women in the Yukon Territory won the right to vote.

Australia’s Blue Mountains take their name from the haze created by eucalyptus forests. 

The first teddy bear was born in Germany in 1880.

In Kazakhstani folklore, whistling inside a building will doom one to a life of poverty.

There is a 12-step programme for compulsive talkers—it’s called An On Anon.