28 May 2018

Canadians see their way to spend $2 billion a year on eyeglasses.

80% of used asphalt is recycled. 

The average household weighs in a 3 000 kilos. 

The Royal Canadian Mint reports that a four-litre pickle jar holds 3,411 quarters, or $852.75.

Since time is money, it stands to reason that an ATM is a time machine.

Chevrolet has graced the world’s highways and byways for 105 years. 

The number of public phone boxes in the United Kingdom rings up to 58,000.

Wilson is the tenth most common surname in Canada and the United States.

The 25-cent coin is struck in the Mint’s Regina facility and has featured a moose since 1937.

Topiary artists like to invest their money in hedge funds.

On this date in 1742, the world’s first indoor swimming pool opened in London.

Flags fly at half-mast in the United States and government buildings abroad, to honour fallen soldiers this Memorial Day.

The Danish Broadcasting Corporation took to the airwaves in 1925. 

Since 2011, the Royal Canadian Mint issues ’Tooth Fairy’ quarters, to slip under the pillows of children who lose a tooth.

There will always be puns about money, bank on it. 

Celebrated for 99 years, today is Independence Day for 3 million Armenians.

Globally, the most popular national animal is the King of Beasts—representing 13 countries.

A US spy agency deemed the 2007-issued red poppy Remembrance Day quarters-honouring the Royal Canadian Forces—were actually intelligence gathering devices.

Nova Scotia is home to twenty wineries. 

The similarity between the moon and a loonie is striking. Each has four quarters.