22 March 2019


Today in 1894 the first Stanley Cup playoff series began.
Invented in China, chopsticks have been in use for more than 2,000 years.
Phonophobes struggle with the irrational fear of noise.
Holiday Inn rents more than 214,000 bedrooms around the globe.
Chopsticks are the reason that custard was not invented by the Chinese.


Ranking first, 96.4% of Romanians own their own homes; Switzerland is 50th with 43.4%.
The piano is both a string and percussion instrument.
Eight languages are spoken by First Nation People in the Yukon.
The name Arlo is of Spanish origin; it means barberry tree’.
Slang: Language that takes off its coat, rolls up its sleeves and gets to work. 


Metrophiles love poetry. 
Kindergarten is mandatory in Nova Scotia, BC and PEI.
The giraffe is the largest ruminant.
Barbecue, hurricane and squash are all borrowed from Indigenous American languages.
Geology may rock but Geography is really where it’s at.



Smokey the Bear received so many fan letters he was given his own Zip Code.
The peach, plum and tangerine are close kin.
Memory allows us to learn language, develop relationships and form a personal identity.
Marco Polo travelled the Silk Road for 24 years.
Every time my neighbour says, “bear in mind”, I think of Winnie-the-Pooh.



Food for Thought: The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. ~Dante







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