13 June 2019


Today in 1871 a hurricane swept up the coast of Labrador, killing  300 people.
German companies lose €50 billion and 30,000 jobs a year thanks to industrial spies.
The dome on Thomas Jefferson’s home contains a secret billiard room—illegal in Virginia.
Friends are valuable, sometimes enemies more so.
It’s called the Secret Service, yet everyone knows about it. 




Today in 1998 the NWT was divided and Nunavut created.
The silent ‘K’ in knife is a diacritic that changes the pronunciation of another syllable.
Corn flakes are high in iron, B vitamins thiamin and niacin.
Namibia is the driest country in Sub-Saharan Africa.
It may be time to diet, if your cereal comes with a lifeguard.



Sarah Bernhard introduced the fedora as women's fashion, in 1882 . 
Earthlings consume five billion pizzas per annum.
Today in 1886, a fire destroyed much of Vancouver.
Rolex is the world’s 71st most valuable brand. 
Life is complex; so many hats and just one head. 


Worldwide, Ford manufactures in 62 plants, including three here at home. 
Today in 1898 the Yukon Territory was created and Dawson named as its capital. 
The six eight-stud Lego bricks can make 915,103,765 various configurations. 
The area code for Nunavut is 867. 
Women in the Arctic look younger than they are thanks to daily use of cold cream.



Food for Thought: Spying among friends is never acceptable. ~Angela Merkel




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