03 July 2018


Today in 1608 Samuel de Champlain founded Québec City.
Robins lay one egg a day for five, sometimes six days.
Rip Van Winkle slept for twenty years. 
The thirty varieties of turnip belong to the mustard family. 
Sleeping bags make great nap sacks. 


A python sleeps eighteen hours a day. 
Because of dog bites, 13,600 Australians went to hospital Emergency Rooms last year.
The actual time it takes for Earth to make a full rotation is 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.2 seconds.
Idaho became the 43rd State on this date in 1890.
There are 440 known species of sharks—441 when one counts loan.


At this very moment, worldwide, there are more than a billion bottles of champagne in storage.
The largest potato ever weighed in at 3.76 kilos.
Québec City is divided into six boroughs. 
A group of yeast cells is called a colony. 
In Third World countries folks can’t drink the water; in First World countries they can’t breathe the air.


17 species of hummingbirds make their homes in The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. 
The slang term ‘spud’ is derived from the spade-like shovel used to harvest potatoes. 
Female dogs bite twice as often as their male counterparts.
The first floral clock was planted in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1903. 
To err is human but it feels divine. ~Mae West


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