09 December 2018
Penmanship requires motor coordination of the joints in the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand. Celebrated since 1961, this is Independence Day for 56 million Tanzanians. The Christmas carol, Silent Night was first performed 200 years ago. There are seven combinations of single-digit numbers that add up to 12. Thanks to Microsoft, Santa has been forced to switch to Windows from Chimneys. Europeans grow 60 million Christmas trees annually. 20 million tourists embarked on cruise ship holidays last year. This little piggy went to market in 1760 and has been going to shop ever since. Mustard becomes spicy only when crushed. A Christmas tree will spruce up your home. Icelandic kids are visited by 13 Yule Lads over 13 nights, who put gifts or rotten potatoes in the children’s shoes. Coffee is cultivated in 70 countries. The iceberg that sank the RMS Titanic calved from Greenland’s icy mountains in 1911. ...