18 December


Oikophobes struggle with the irrational fear of home. 
Thieves stole $1 million dollars from a Royal Bank branch in Windsor, ON today in 1971.
The Danish alphabet contains three vowels more than English. 
The fourth most common application of hot water is space heating. 
Three stages of man: 1. Believes in Santa. 2. Doesn’t believe in Santa. 3. Is Santa. 


Today in 1968, l’Université du Québec opened in Montréal, Trois-Rivières, Chicoutimi, Rimouski, Hull and Rouyn.
Meaning now what it did then, the expression, “I’ll eat my hat”, entered the lexicon in 1797 .
The recipe for crisps, a.k.a. potato chips, first appeared 20l years ago in a  British cookbook.
A single zucchini plant produces an average of forty fruit per season. 
Santa’s sleigh was free because it was on the house.


A female halibut is larger than her male counterpart. 
Independent from France, this is the 60th Republic Day, for 2.6 million Nigeriens.
The Danish West Indies was sold to the United States for USD$25 million in 1917.
The Royal Bank of Canada serves 10 million clients from its 1,209 branches.
Santa has the right idea—visit people once a year. 


The Swiss Franc is the legal tender and currency of Liechtenstein. 
Skateboards hit the pavement in 1975.
Time is a fundamental physical quantity in the International System of Units.
We're front and centre, the Postmaster General unveiled our first Christmas stamp today.
Santa's new motorcycle is a Holly Davidson.


Food for Thought: The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving. ~J.C. Penny

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