17 June 2019




18% of Argentinians are seniors. 
Leaf blowers are designed to create wind forces up to 435 k/ph.
Celebrated since its 1944 independence from Denmark, this is Icelandic National Day.
Appearing in France in the 1860s, the first motorcycles were powered by steam. 
An old person is anyone 20 years older than you.



The country has 40,000+ air-raid shelters, capable of accommodating 3.8 million Finns.
A tornado slammed into Windsor, ON today in 1946, killing 16 and injuring hundreds more.
Grapes are the only fruit that contain melatonin.
Eno has been settling upset stomachs for 167 years. 
The RCMP have finally apprehended Hurricane Frances—the Crown’s charge is littering.


Hawley Bowlus designed the Airstream trailer and Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis.
GM vacated South Africa in 2017—Isuzu took over the factories in Port Elizabeth. 
Today in 2016, the Senate passed the assisted-death law for the terminally ill. 
70 years ago, the first public launderette opened in London.
My next-door neighbour’s Dalmatian fell into the washing machine and came out spotless. 

Eight is the maximum that the International Space Station can accommodate.
It is Jamaica’s national fruit but it is illegal to import fresh ackees into the United States.
The first commercially viable CTScanner went on the market in 1972. 
Arriving without a passport today in 1885, the Statue of Liberty was allowed into the US.
Immigrants who become Australian must swear the oath with conviction.


Food for Thought: The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors to include all, regardless of their differences; a country that respects all, regardless of their differences; a country that demands equality for all, regardless of their differences. ~Paul Martin




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