09 May 2018

The brothers Kellogg were first to package breakfast cereal in cardboard cartons.

St. Matthew is the patron saint of accountants.

On this date in 1896, the first horseless carriage show opened in London, with ten contraptions on display.

Pælophiles love old things.

Consider the lilies of the field and how they grow—and as you contemplate—I’ll go through your coat pockets. 

250 millilitres of blackberries contain 62 calories.

Art History ranks as the third least useful university degree one can obtain in North America. 

Na zdraiví!  Salut! Cheers! The Czech Republic boasts 398 breweries.

The flight recorder, a.k.a. ’the black box,’ was first used commercially aboard Australian airliners in 1958.

Nine out of ten Canadians surveyed said chocolate was their favourite dessert. The tenth was untruthful.

At the 2004 Ligonier (IN) Marshmallow Festival, Earth’s largest guimauve rocked the scale at 304 kilos.

The Internet’s cyber sea is seemingly endless with more than a billion websites to surf. 

13.7% of Canada’s engineers are women. 

For the republic’s finest, the price of tea in China is USD$1,000 for a 500-gram bag.

Union regulations stipulate that CN engineers may not be electrocuted since they are not conductors.

Since 1936, The United Church of Canada has ordained women as ministers.

Scientists estimate there are as many as 200 billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.

600 million humans’ primary source of news and entertainment comes via shortwave radio.

The adorable folklore character, Mr. Sandman, first appeared in children’s literature in 1816.

40 years to herd his flock into the Promised Land, Moses proved-that even in biblical times-men would not ask directions.