19 September 2018

Today in 1978, the Solomon Islands joined the United Nations.

In Edmonton, pigeons must be licensed and display their tags. 

Honda is the No. One motorcycle brand on Earth—workers build 15.4 million a year.

In AD 206, the compass amused; it told the future. The Chinese Navy made it a military weapon in AD 1040.

Sirloin: a cut of British beef that has received a knighthood. 

The Stanley Cup has its own bodyguard. 

Spices hit the market in three different forms. 

Since 1805, the house key has consisted of a tip, a series of cuts, the shoulder and a bow. 

St. Kitts and St. Nevis were granted independence from Britain on this day in 1983.

A crater is a tradesperson who makes wooden boxes.

Canada ranks fourth as we import 11% of Peru’s mandarin orange production. 

The Danish Broadcasting Corporation and Radio Norway both took to the airwaves in 1925.

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright invented the carport. 

Today in 1648, Jacques Boisdon opened Québec’s first licensed pub--required to close for church services.

Camelot: Where Bedouins park their rides. 

17,000 struck GM Canada today in 1955. On the line for five cold months; a deal was reached in February. 

September was originally the seventh month in the ten-month Roman calendar.

Brits traded battlefield semaphore flags for generator-powered field phones in the 1870s.

It is illegal to paint a wooden ladder in Alberta.

Campers—nature’s way of feeding mosquitoes.

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