17 July 2019

Today, Queen Elizabeth opened the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montréal.
The surname Hubble comes from France, meaning brave of heart. 
With a population of  18 million, Karachi is Earth's third largest city. 
Scientists who discovered Sucralose, a.k.a. Splenda, were trying to formulate an insecticide.
If procrastination were an Olympic sport, my neighbour would compete--later.

Commercial emu farming began in Western Australia 49 years ago.
240 canines work as police dogs in Denmark.
Today in 1981, a 2,639-metre peak in the Rockies was named for Terry Fox. 
Only 22% of  Japanese law school graduates pass the bar exam.
The Constable said my dogs were chasing kids on bikes. My dogs don't even own bikes.

From 1921 to 1931, Rolls-Royce built automobiles in the USA.
The 'Hello, My Name Is (fill in the blank)" name tag was introduced in 1959.
The 15th Century contraction, o'clock is short for 'the stroke of the clock'.
'Time is of the essence' is a legal term in contract law.
When barristers and solicitors go rogue, we address them as 'My Lord'. 

One out of every 100,000 people is born without an appendix. 
Wikipedia is available in Esperanto. 
Toastmasters International has 3,450,000 members in 142 countries.
The Torah requires red cows be paired with Syrian oregano (hyssop) in burnt offerings.
Bovines that lack a sense of humour are called laughing stock. 

Food for Thought: Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger) ~Olympic motto.