15 November 2018


Today in 1948, William Lyon Mackenzie-King retired after a record of 21 years as PM.
People who suffer from the rare disease of hypopituitarism are unable to feel love.
French, string and snap are different names for the green bean.
Turtles do not get lonely and never need friends.
Runner beans don’t actually run. 



There are 41 days until Christmas.
When life gives you cabbage, make sauerkraut. 
René Lévesque led the Parti Québecois to victory tonight, in 1976, with a mandate to separate from Canada.
The Fraser fir is the most popular Yuletide tree in the United States.
Eating Christmas tree trimmings will give one tinselitis. 


Around the globe, there are 85 bodies of water that are defined as seas.
Weighing at two grams, the bumblebee bat is world’s tiniest mammal.
SCUBA is an acronym for Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. 
There are exactly 10, 852,383 castles on Earth.
My neighbour got new scuba gear for his wife; he said it was a good trade.


A red blood cell takes 20 seconds to make a complete circuit through the human body. 
 ‘Bucks’ --meaning money comes from the 1700s, when deer skins were used as currency. 
The first 3D movie was produced in 1922. 
A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.
Blood is thicker than water and much harder to get out of the carpet. ~Phyllis Diller






Food for Thought: Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ~Nikita Khrushchev


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