27 October 2018

The stapler was patented in 1866.

Today in 1982, Bill C-201 received Royal Assent; changing the name of Dominion Day to Canada Day. 

The grandfather clock has kept time since 1670.

Albania’s oil reserves are Europe’s largest. 

Those who avoid calligraphy will never have well formed characters.

Eight food types are responsible for 90% of all food allergies.

A master cabinet maker’s title is ebeniste.

On this day in 1967, Man and His World, a.k.a., Expo ’67 closed. The world’s fair played host to 40,300,000 visitors.

Honeybees never sleep. 

My neighbour thinks that sleeping is so easy that he can do it with his eyes shut. 

21 months is the shelf life of molasses.

The flintlock musket was invented in Europe; the year was 1550. 

Plums are clingstone cultivars while prunes are freestone. 

On this date in 1992, the National Post was published for the first time.

A lawyer who becomes a cook is a sue chef. 

Sold in 3- and 5-litre boxes, California’s Franzia is the world’s best selling wine.

Altoids, the curiously strong mint’, comes in 406 different varieties. 

Nova Scotia takes top honours for generating the least amount of waste per capita.

The Quran has been translated into 47 languages. 

Old artists never die, they simply withdraw. 

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