29 May 2018

The Czech Republic boasts more than 2,000 castles and palaces.

For North Americans, a generation is 25.2 years.

It was 1958 when Swedish surgeons implanted the first pacemaker into a cardiac patient.

Mango leaves are harvested to make medicines for diabetics.

Patented in 1937, the ballpoint pen is an inkredible invention.

There are 219 days until Christmas.

The properties of cashmere keeps wearers warm, even at -40°C.

For the past twelve years, Canada has not had a Deputy Prime Minister.

Ka youbi, 火,the Japanese word for Tuesday, translates as ‘Fire Day’.

As seen on Kijiji: Free to good home—no strings attached—four broken marionettes. 

As observed throughout the United States, today is National Paperclip Day. 

Orchid is the official national flower of Venezuela and Columbia. 

Robins are unable to digest birdseed. 

Today in 1914, the HMS Empress of Ireland sank near Rimouski, Québec, taking 1,012 to watery graves.

Eating a chocolate bar shortens the life span by 4.5 minutes. I did the math. I died in 1657. 

Bilingual cats purr in English and ron ron en français.

At the height of the British Empire, in 1900, King Edward VII ruled over 410 million subjects.

Nyctophiles have a fondness for darkness and night. 

50% of North America’s blueberries are grown in the four Atlantic Provinces.

Frances’ voice mail: “This is the Vatican. All our confessionals are busy. Confess your sins after the beep.”