28 July 2019




This is Liberation Day for 33,344 citizens in the Most Serene Republic of San Marino.

Worldwide, there are as many as 60 million philatelists. 
The name Cameron is Gaelic, meaning 'crooked nose'. 
Québec is nearly 50% larger than Ontario.
The postal worker stamped her feet as often as they would letter. 


Turks and Columbians share the longest work week, at 47.9 hours.
When canning at home, boiling the jars for three minutes at 121°C kills botulism.
Dragons are mentioned in the Old Testament 21 times. 
As a colony of Britain, today in 1914, Canada was plunged into war. 
Dragons always win because the scales are tipped in their favour. 


Aerial, layout, pike and tuck are the four types of gymnastic flips. 
The Taj Mahal is built entirely of marble. 
Our penmanship changes every five years.
Today in 1755, deportation of 11,500+ Acadians who refused to recognize the Crown, began. 
My neighbour qualified for the bad penmanship competition; he was illegible to compete. 



Today in 1915, the US Marines invaded Haiti. The occupation lasted 19 years.
Spriggins is the surname of the young Jack who climbed the magic beanstalk. 
The continent's oldest surviving paper is Québec City's Chronicle-Telegraph.
People who read tabloids deserve to be lied to. 



Food for Thought: Were it left to me to decide if we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I would not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. ~Thomas Jefferson

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