11 November 2018 Remembrance Day

Today in 1918, at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the eleventh month, The Great War ended.

Serenades are sung in the evening; before noon, one woos with an aubade.

Muscles make up 40% of the human body’s weight. 

The purpose of mould in the eco-system is to decompose dead organic material.

Every night, the newsreader on The National says, “Good evening”, and then tells us why it isn’t. 

Horse saddles were invented by the Chinese.

Playtex designed the spacesuits worn by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. 

37 million civilians and military personnel perished in World War One. 

On this date in 1992, the Anglican Synod began ordination of women as priests.

Your chances of becoming Prime Minister are about as good as the chance of finding Elvis on Mars. 

Garcia, Hernandez and Lopez are the top three surnames in California. 

The smell of rain is called Petrichor. 

Giraffes only have bottom teeth. 

Our Official National Poem is, In Flanders Fields.

Elon Musk said, “I’d like to die on Mars—but not on impact.”

120 rivers flow through Jamaica. 

61,000 Canadians and 1,305 Newfoundlanders sacrificed their lives for King and Empire during World War One. 

There are three different ways to stop a fire.

Two million Canadians are diabetic. 

Nurses: Patient people. 

Food for Thought: 

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row, 

That mark our place, and in the sky, 

The larks, still bravely singing, fly, 

Scarce heard amid the guns below. 

We are the dead; short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, 

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields. 

Take up our quarrel with the foe! 

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high! 

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields. ~John McRea