10 May 2018

69% of Australians are home owners. 

Michelin makes 212 million tires a year, in 18 countries; including three plants in Nova Scotia.

100 grams of soba noodles contain 99 calories. 

Anticosti Island is home to 281 souls.

Never place confidence in a doctor whose office plants have died.

Kissed by the sun, there are more than 600 varieties of oranges.

Elf of France is the planet’s fourth largest petroleum refinery.

Hairspray kills fleas.

When Finland has made home ownership a basic right—homelessness dropped by 35%.

Age is an issue of mind over matter: If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. ~Mark Twain

Candles burn significantly longer when frozen prior to lighting. 

New York City requires six telephone area codes.

A Grand Prix Formula 1 race car driver loses 3 kilos of weight during any given race.

Oranges are Earth’s fourth most consumed fruit.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness. ~Mark Twain

Anyone watching three hockey games back-to-back ought to be declared legally dead. 

Today in 1940, Germany’s Wehrmacht invaded The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Prince Edward Islanders can tune their radio dials to any of the province’s 22 broadcasters.

In 1960, Trans-Canada Air Lines was first to use jets, on DC-8 jaunts between Montréal and Vancouver.

You can’t reach old age on another man’s road. ~Mark Twain