23 June 2019



Today in 1961, forest fires around Bonavista Bay forced 3,000 people to evacuate. 
Soccer is played on a grassy field called a pitch.
Wine is made from the sap of the palm tree.
Some 33,000 people a year die superbug infections in the EU.
Hangovers attributable to wine are grape depressions. 

 52% of Britons voted to leave the European Union, today in 2016.
It is illegal to own a bear in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
From St. John’s to Victoria, we shop at any of 967 thrift stores.
12 millilitres of Crisco contains 110 calories.
If you can’t leave in a taxi, then leave in a huff. If that’s too fast, leave in a minute-and-a-huff. 



The intransitive verb ‘buddy’ entered the lexicon in 1896.
Mt. Hallasan in South Korea is an active volcano.
In the 1770s,  the Dutch began to preserve food in cans--opened with hammer and chisel.
En route from Montréal to London, Air India Flight 182 was blown up, today in 1985; 268 Canadians perished.
Iceland’s last wish was to have its ashes scattered all over Europe. 



The last time it snowed in Namibia was 2006. 
Published 341 years ago, Pilgrim’s Progress has always been in print, in 200+ languages.
A stove-top tandoor oven on amazon.ca is $204.36; shipping is free. 
Today in 1868 the typewriter was patented.
Computers make very fast, very accurate translation errors.



Food for Thought: Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom. ~Roger Bacon

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