07 April 2019
From Nova Scotia to BC, we have 19 operational collieries. Only female horseflies bite. Arizona’s Official State Fossil is petrified wood. This is Genocide Memorial Day in Rwanda. A new broom sweeps clean but an old one knows all the corners. Queen Victoria survived six assassination attempts during her reign. With a population of 5.3 million, Finns have more two million home saunas. The letters ‘C’, ‘J’ and ‘X’ are the alphabet’s phonetic chameleons. Today in 1869, the last provincial public hanging was executed in Charlottetown. We all know what happens when a steam engine gets filled with holy water. The EU will abandon Daylight Savings Time in 2021. A Cherry Blossom contains 210 calories and four grams of fibre. France granted Syria independence on this date in 1946. According to the folktale, Aladdin was Chinese. It's always darkest after the lights go out. Today in 1906, Mt. Vesuvius erupted, devastating nearby Na...