28 December 2018

This is the fourth day of The Twelve Days of Christmas--calling birds cost $730 +HST--the same as last year. 

From St. John’s to Victoria we are served by 3,672 fire departments. 

There are ten different classifications of waterfalls. 

Medical jokes lost their humour after I was diagnosed with an irony deficiency. 

Snow tire studs are made of tungsten carbide, a hard, high-performance ceramic.

This is Republic Day for 12 million South Sudanese.

Brits toss out 1,500 aluminum cans every second of every day.

45 ml of toasted wheat germ pack 81 calories and six grams or protein.  

My neighbour didn't go to the gym today. That’s seven years in a row, to date.

Anthrophobes struggle with the irrational fear of flowers. 

For the past 39 years, Belgium has been the EU’s leading producer of soy milk.

Walmart Canada employs 91,000 people. 

The Statue of Liberty served as an official lighthouse from 1886 to 1902.

Earth expresses laughter through its flowers.

The 48th annual Juno Awards will be 17 March in London. Tickets start at $79.95—or catch it on the CBC.

The black iris is Jordan’s national floral emblem.

Most ladders in China are made of bamboo. 

When I go senile, at least I won’t know it. 

Food for Thought: Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. ~Seneca