24 April 2019



8,688 is the number of voices in the world’s largest gospel choir—in Manila.
Today in 1953, Queen Elizabeth II knighted Winston Churchill.
The Official Fish of Alberta is the bull trout.
The argyle pattern is derived from the Campbell Clan’s tartan.
Those who sing their own praises always get the tune too high. 


Common in Europe, the surname Martin is diminutive of Mars, the Roman god of war.
Emotions can change our sense of touch.
Employees hired to drive the Oscar Meyer Wienermobiles are called hot-doggers.
When asked for ethnicity on the last census, 32.3% of us identified as being Canadian.
Two hotdogs got married after a very frank relationship.



The little match girl froze to death on New Year’s Eve in 1845.
62.5% of Argentines can lay claim to an Italian heritage.
There are 32 dairy farms in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The year was 1366 when King Edward III banned bowling in England.
My neighbour suspects his milk is cloned--it tastes exactly like the milk he drank yesterday.


The gestation period of a raccoon is 65 days. 
Circular, pointed and parabolic are the three categories of arches.
Camphor is a transparent, solid terpenoid found in the wood of the camphor laurel tree.
Introduced in 1962, McDonald’s golden arches are parabolas.
Seems that every time the PM lands in hot water, Mickey D introduces a new sandwich.




Food for Thought: Rome was not built in a day—it was built every day. ~Nana Awere Damoah


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