12 July 2018

The War of 1812 began today; the US invaded Britain at Windsor, Ontario.

Protocol forbids the royal family from signing autographs.

In 1917, Ford Canada shipped the first ever school bus to the Edmonton School Board, as a homefront experimental weapon of war.

Hermes, Prada, Gucci and Dior are the most expensive houses of haute couture.

Teachers are disillusioned professionals who once thought they liked children. 

Bergy bits or growlers are baby icebergs measuring less than five metres—and  are as dangerous as their ice-cold parents.

Handwriting analysis reveals more than 5,000 traits of character.

The acorn is given as a traditional Scandinavian good luck charm.

Silk is a naturally occurring protein fibre. 

Oceans will be much deeper once sponges are removed.

Canada ranks eighth in global steel production. 

A clementine is a seedless mandarin.

Since 1933, Windex fights grime in Canada, the US, the UK and Sweden.

1.7 million Egyptians share the surname of Mohamed.

Housework, when done properly, is lethal.

During applause, one claps, on average, between 2.5 and 5 times per second.

Part of the mulberry family—the fig tree bears no blossoms—the fruit is the flower.

48% of wax imports to the US come from China; Canada is second with 36%. 

Wheat is cultivated in 42 of the 50 United States.

I tried to trace my family tree but I failed drawing.

Today's Quote: Geography has made us neighbours. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder. ~John F. Kennedy