30 June 2018



132 years ago today, the first transcontinental Canadian Pacific passenger train departed Montréal. It arrived in Port Moody, BC on 4 July.
12.6% of the Bangladeshi work force is made up of child labourers aged five to fourteen.
Because they stack and ship easily, Japanese farmers grow cubed watermelon. 
Iceland has 2,000 sheep farms.
Sherlock Holmes discovered the missing train by following its tracks. 


As Canada's #1 circulating paper, The Toronto Star hit newsstands in 1892.
After being a Belgian colony for 52 years-today in 1960-The Congo gained independence.
Wearing purple on Saturday brings good luck according to Thai folklore.
More than 75% of Canadians gambled in 2017.
Edmonton Journal headline: ‘Blind woman gets kidney from dad she hasn’t seen in years’.


Founded in Vancouver in 1969, Greenpeace International has offices in 39 countries. 
The oldest continuous labour organization in North America is the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, established in the US in 1865 and Canada in 1881.
The growing season on the Aleutian Islands is limited to 135 days. 
The only thing that lies between a good recycler and a bad recycler is Oregon.



France, Spain and China are the top markets for Cuba’s annual 71.6-million cigar output.
600+ rockets have been launched-since 1970-from the Arienne Space Centre in Kourou, French Guyana.
911 new businesses incorporated in Belize in 2016.
Play 24/7 today; the northernmost 18-hole golf club's latitude is 69° 39' 30”N in Tromsø, Norway.
Your chance of becoming Prime Minister is about as good as finding Elvis on Mars.


Today's Quote: Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art. ~Bliss Carman




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