20 June 2019

Finland was part of the Kingdom of Sweden for more than 600 years.

Every day 25 Canadians are diagnosed with brain tumours. 

Chocolate has more than 600 flavour compounds; wine has 200. 

Today in 2011, the Bank of Canada unveiled the new polymer bank notes.

Toblerone chocolate bars are triangular in shape so they will fit in the box.

 

This is World Refugee Day, 70 million people are currently forcibly displaced.

Native to Florida, the Manchineel tree is the most poisonous tree in the world. 

From St. John’s to Victoria, we consume six litres of chocolate milk, annually.

We welcomed 28,000 refugees last year, more than any other nation.

When a calf disobeys its mother, she tans its hide.

Today in 2009, the Molson clan purchased the Montréal Canadiens. 

It is estimated that annually, kidnappers make up to USD$500 million in ransom payments.

The Andes Mountains contain 99% of Earth's tropical glaciers. 

The world’s first commercial telephone system opened in Hamilton, ON today in 1877.
Tubs arrived in 1850, phones in 1875--25 years to soak without having to answer the phone. 

Abortion is illegal in Andorra.
Big Ben chimes in the key of F major. 
On this date in 1901, Red Deer was incorporated as a town, by the Alberta legislature. 

Today in 1877, a fire destroyed 2/3 of Saint John, killing 19 and leaving 15,000 homeless.

A miniature village burnt down. Eyewitnesses  spotted flames as far away as three metres.

Food for Thought: An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.  ~Winston Churchill