03 November 2013

For the 1.1 million citizens of East Timor, today is Mother’s Day

An apple tree will live for about 100 years. 

Blackfoot penguins live in colonies on 24 islands in Namibia and South Africa.

Jupiter is 300 times larger than Earth. 

Corrupt cops are undercover criminals. 

Pets make up 1% of all animals. 

Weighing in at two kilos, the pomelo is the largest citrus fruit. 

The Bank of Montréal, North America’s oldest continuously operating bank, opened its doors for the first time, today in 1817.

Someone who collects ties is called a grabologist. 

Dolphins don’t make mistakes, they do everything on porpoise. 

The largest snowflake ever recorded measured 45 centimetres.

The Eiffel Tower can sway as much as 21 centimetres as the sun heats the metal. 

The temperature must reach 70°C in order to fry an egg on a sidewalk.

Beverley McLachlin was the first woman appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, today in 1999.

Singing in the shower is fun until you get shampoo in your mouth—then it becomes a soap opera. 

Today in 1930, the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel opened—the second busiest crossing between our two countries. 

We eat pizza from the inside out. 

The safety pin was patented in 1849.

When the bikini debuted in 1946, the Vatican declared it to be ‘sinful’. Italy  promptly banned the swimwear.

The hospital lab technician told me I had blood type A but it was a type O.

Food for Thought: People never lie as much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election. ~Otto von Bismarck