10 November 2018
The black currant can live for 15 to 30 years in the wild.
Manufacturing giant Unilever buys a third of the world’s tea production.
There are more than 130 pyramids in Egypt.
He was only a whisky maker but she loved him still.
The last letter of the alphabet in Icelandic, Swedish and Finnish is Ö.
More than 25% of the world’s annual e-mails are sent during holidays.
Today in 1975, the ore carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank, with all 29 hands on board.
St. Uguzon is the patron saint of cheesemakers.
Our noses run and our feet smell.
As observed throughout the 50 United States, this is National Vanilla Cupcake Day.
Doberman pinschers were traditionally bred as guard dogs.
One out of every 33 people on the planet are international migrants, a.k.a. refugees.
Tonight in 1932, Foster Hewett called the first Hockey Night in Canada broadcast on the CBC, and will continue to do so for the next fifty years.
Many Irishmen are inclined to be laid back.
Established inn 1923, Aeroflot is one of the world’s oldest airlines.
Pegged at one third, single-person household are highest in Québec and the Yukon.
Sold in more than 100 countries, Fisherman’s Friend has soothed sore throats since 1865.
BMW builds vehicles in Germany, Brazil, China, India, South Africa, the UK and the US.
Folk want the front of the bus, the back of the church and the centre of attention.
Food for Thought: Quiet diplomacy is far more effective than public posturing. ~Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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