08 August 2019

Houndstooth check is an example of tessellation.

Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison and five years as South Africa's president.

Ranking 25th, seniors account for 18% of Romania’s population.

Saskatoon has more Tim Hortons per capita than any other city in the country.

The politically correct term for a wrinkle is a ‘character fold’.

In 1901, City Council in Montréal passed a by-law requiring indoor toilets. 

Deer cannot see in colour. 

The inside of an icicle is liquid water.

The Rwandan genocide claimed 800,000 lives in 90 days—one death per minute.

Superman’s master bathroom boasts a super bowl. 

Unless caught, the average lifespan of a haddock is 14 years.

The official script in Korean is Hangul; the alphabet has 24 letters. 

It was in 1951 that women in the NWT were given the right to vote and to stand for office.

Notre-Dame’s Rose Window is two bands of mullions radiating from a central roundel.

The patron saint of poverty is St. Nickeless.

18 years ago, trilateral talks began in Toronto to create a continental free trade zone.  

No international laws govern the mercenary soldier industry. 

The Internet—created in 1969—gave the USA a defence network in time of nuclear war.

In 2001 Parliament bestowed honourary citizenship upon President Nelson Mandala. 

The easiest way to avoid war in the Middle East is to rename the region ’Super Bahamas’. 

Food for Thought: A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed. ~Nelson Mandella