19 March 2019

In 1948, there were 325 TV sets across the Dominion. 

Homemade lemonade will last up to a week in the fridge.

In Honduras, Bolivia, Italy, Portugal and Spain, today is Father’s Day.

In 1941, a Dutch minesweeper, the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen escaped the Japanese disguised as a tropical island--now it is in a museum.

A baby bird resembles its dad because it’s a chirp off the old block.

Today in 2003, the United States invaded Iraq. 

Before plastic and nylon, toothbrushes were made of bone and boars’ bristles. 

Bathrymetrologists study the measurements of the oceans’ depths.

Vancouver is the third largest film production centre in North America.

Hockey is a sport in which you can lose the game and your teeth. 

Caribbean plantations gave redacted Bibles to slaves: all references to slavery removed.

Today in 1932, Sydneysiders got their first chance to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Prior to the introduction of tobacco, Europeans dried and smoked pear leaves.

Conducted in 1790, the first US census had three categories: white, slave and Indian.

Racism will be eliminated when everyone obeys the speed limit. 

Food for Thought: Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy. ~Aristophanes