22 June 2019


70% of the world population wears second-hand clothes.
Today in 1941 Germany invaded the USSR.
Published six days a week in St. John’s, The Telegram is 141 years old.
Mars is the second smallest planet in the solar system.
There was a fire at Goodwill yesterday. Five people died of second-hand smoke. 

75% of the world’s Sikh population lives in the State of Punjab.
Benjamin Franklin invented swim fins.
Today in 1976, Parliament abolished the death penalty.
The word ‘corolla’ means ‘little crown’ in Latin. 
If we don’t execute people, how will they ever learn? ~Mort Sahl

William Lyon Mackenzie King died today in 1950. Our 10th Prime Minister was 83.
Silva is the most common surname in Brazil.
The correct way to dribble a basketball is with the tips of the fingers.
The handle of a broom is called the stale. 
You can lead a man to Parliament but you can’t make him think. 



King Arthur’s sword was forged on the magical Isle of Avalon.
The most popular selling brand of automobile in Brazil is Fiat. 
Arthur Sicard of Outremont, QC invented the snowblower in 1927.
Today in 1990, Checkpoint Charlie was dismantled in Berlin. 
Puns about Communism are only funny if everybody gets them. 

The first .ca domain was registered to UPEI in 1988.
Medievial Europeans placed thyme under their pillows to ward off nightmares.
Hard labour, hamsters give birth to 24 babies at a time.
Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York  border Ontario.
We are all born alike—except Tories and Grits.


Food for Thought: One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don’t go into government. ~Donald Trump







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