14 March 2019

Volleyball was originally introduced as the game of ‘mintonette’.

Today in 1489, Queen Catherine of Cyprus sold her kingdom to Venice.

The hotter the object, the faster its molecules are moving.

Toronto is a Mohawk word meaning ‘where trees stand in water’.

Ducks awaken at the quack of dawn.

The opposite of fear is trust.

Swans and geese are members of the duck family. 

With 15,000+ locations, Circle K is Earth’s second-largest convenience store chain.

Ottawa slapped tariffs of 25% on all good imported from the US, today in 1879.

Some people fear heights; others fear widths. 

A culver is a keeper of doves.

Concentric, congruent and tangent are the three types of circles.

Instagram debuted in 2012.

Canadawide, one can eat at any of 631 Subway Shops. 

Mysterious forces tell birds when you’ve just washed your car.

The first shipment of VW Beetles arrived in Canada--a dozen in all-- in the summer of 1952.

Wiffle ball was invented in 1953.

Butter is 81.1% fat. 

The transitive verb ‘to waffle’ entered the lexicon in the 17th Century.

Unlike politics, in baseball  you’re out when caught stealing. 

Food for Thought: Our inner space and our peace of mind are affected by our outer space. ~Thích Nhất Hạnh