10 June 2019


Mmm good! Customers in 120 countries can buy Campbell’s Soup.
Countries with the highest rate of drunkenness are the US, the UK and Canada. 
Today in 1967, Israel ended the Six-day War.
3% of Belgian children are born and raised vegan. 
To make a soup richer, add 24 karats. 



At this very moment, more than 40 wars rage around the world.
Top Secret, Secret and Confidential are how Ottawa defines sensitive material.
With 10,000+ beds, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan is the world’s largest.
Today is Navy Day in Italy.
Hospitals are I.V. league institutions. 


A red flag unfurled in battle was once a signal to ‘fight to the death’. 
We have been eating Timbits for 48 years.
To skip rocks a calm body of water, a smooth, flat stone and fancy wrist action are needed.
The name Martin comes from Mars, the Roman god of war. 
Join the Royal Canadian Army, travel to exotic places, meet strangers, then kill them.


Since 1944, 32 of our 33 VA Ministers served in a branch of Her Majesty’s Canadian Forces.
5 million tourists a year make the Dominican Republic their holiday destination.
The human wrist operates with eight small carpal bones.
12% of those surveyed want the CBC to be eliminated. 
My neighbour washed out of the RCN, judged as, ‘Out of his depth in a parking lot puddle’.


The nine Justices on the Supreme Court of Canada must be bilingual. 
China’s new Belt & Road Initiative now  includes 80 countries—63% of Earth's  population. 
Alan Shepard played golf on the moon in 1971.
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia is home to Michelin North America. 
Golfers pack an extra pair of slacks on the course, in case they get a hole in one. 


Food for Thought: War is what happens when language fails. ~Margaret Atwood






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