27 May 2019

Tonight in 1949, J.R. Smallwood became Premier in Newfoundland's first provincial election.

Washington Irving wrote, ‘It was a dark and stormy night’. He also coined, ‘the almighty dollar’ and ‘the great unwashed’.

Residue is what is left after combustion or evaporation.

Each and every squash contains 20 pairs of chromosomes.

It was the best of Tim Hortons; it was the worst of Tim Hortons.

Perfect love is the combination of attachment, caring and intimacy. 

Today in 1873, PE Islanders voted to join Confederation.

At 85,000 tonnes, France is Europe’s leading mustard maker, exporting 65%.

The name Franklin comes from the archaic noun to describe a well-to-do farmer, landowner.

PM Macdonald often slyly signed guest books as John A. Macdonald, cabinet maker.

Raw elderberries are poisonous to humans. 

Zombies come from Haitian folklore; the dead are reanimated through magic.

It took six years to write the seven-book series, The Chronicles of Narnia.

The clerical collar was invented in 1827 by a Scots Presbyterian minister.

Lead me not into temptation, I can find it all by myself.

60 million Asian children are orphans.

The first known actor was Thespis of Icaria. 

Oregon has more ghost towns than any other of the United States. 

From coast-to-coast-to-coast, we have 10,100 elementary and 3,400 secondary schools. 

The problem of learning by experience means the test comes before the lesson. 

Food for Thought: In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot. 

~Czesław Miłosz