22 July 2019

215 pairs of blue jeans can be made from a single bale of cotton. 
The nation's 10th Prime Minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King died on this date, in 1950.
Carrots are more nutritious cooked than when eaten raw.
Hand sanitizer first went on the market twelve years ago.
Fashionistas are totally clothes minded. 

The Communist Party fielded 28 candidates in the 2015 federal election. 
A group of ferrets is called a 'business'. 
Today in 1629 the first black person arrived in Québec. Olivier was a six-year old slave.
The air we breathe is 21% oxygen. 
A communist is a socialist without a sense of humour.

In summertime, Hudson Bay is home to more than 50,000 beluga whales.
Lactose is the naturally occurring sugar found in dairy products.
Blue flags were hoisted when a ship's captain died and the crew mourned. That is why we call it 'the blues'. 
Never cry over spilt milk, just find another cow.

Beethoven took music lessons from Mozart. 
Frosty the Snowman married Crystal in July of 1976.
South Africans add curry, almonds and dried apricots to meatloaf. 
Today in 1947, Newfoundlanders voted to join Confederation.
Balloons are afraid of pop music.

Food for Thought: Music is the shorthand of emotion. ~Tolstoy