11 June 2019

This is Davis Day in NS, in remembrance of colliers who lost their lives in the deeps.

Every farmers' friend, In 1920, the rotary tiller was patented in Australia.

Kosher salt  is for cooking only and may not be served at the table. 

The official flowers of June are the rose and the honeysuckle.

Japanese farmers train pigs in the martial art of karate. They do pork chops. 

Manufacturing uses for milk products include: detergent, plastic and ethanol. 

78% of India’s industries are fuelled by coal. 

A queen-sized, traditional Hudson Bay point blanket costs $450, plus tax.

Today in 1959, the first Hovercraft was launched, built to ply the English Channel. 

One good turn gets most of the blanket.

That merry old soul, Old King Cole, began his reign in 1708.

Two billion Earthlings are iodine deficient.

Saint Barbara is the patron saint of coal miners.

Today in 1971, Jack Davis joined the Cabinet as our first Minister of the Environment.

Since coal is so bad for the environment, we should just burn it all. 

Robert Moffat, translator of the Bible into Setswanese, was David Livingston's father-in-law.

Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are also flowers.

Today in 1976, the National Energy Board cut oil exports to the US by 12%.

52,000 Venezuelans practise Buddhism. 

The carbon tax makes gas so high--next to the pump's credit card slot is one for RRSPs.

Food for Thought: A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children. ~John James Audubon