31 August 2019


Jean Talon counted noses today in 1666. The population of New France was 3 418.
Denmark’s electrically-powered ferry, Ellen, carries 30 vehicles and 200 passengers.
Sky fruit, the seed of the mahogany tree is edible.
The courtesy title, Princess of Wales, was first bestowed in the 14th Century.
106085792-15662165098397j1a1131.jpgMy neighbour is obsessed with StatsCan. One day he may come to his census. 
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Worldwide, there are an estimated 10 000 distinct religions.
45% of the world’s goats are found in China, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. 
Today in 1883, the Calgary Herald hit newsstands for the first time.
The digital camera was invented 46 years ago.
Everyone has a photographic memory; many lack film. 

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Goats breed year round. 
Hippocrates created the formal study of climatology in 400 BCE.
The Canada-US Free Trade Agreement came into force, today in 1988.
Sardonyx was traditionally worn to prevent pulmonary infections. 
The politically correct term for ‘homeless’ is ‘residentially flexible’. 


Four out of a thousand babies are born on the way to hospital in New South Wales.
The term ‘down east’, to mean the Maritime provinces, entered the lexicon in 1825.
Rabbits fear death, and scream audibly as they die. 

Today in 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car crash. She was 36.


Food for Thought: Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back. ~Diana, Princess of Wales


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