24 February 2019

Today in 1663, Louis XIV made New France an official Royal Colony. A cloud is an aerosol. Spanish limes are not citrus fruit; they belong to the soapberry family. 24 is the atomic number of chromium. Meteorologists take clouds cirrus-ly. In Korea, only the blind and visually impaired may practise the art of massage. The plural of rhombus is rhombi. Tommy Douglas died today in 1986; the Father of Medicare was also the first federal leader of the New Democrats. Oliver Cromwell banned the manufacture of wallpaper as frivolous, thus sinful. It’s knot a problem; masseurs put the ‘rest’ in ’stress’. 70% of our whisky is exported. A compass rose indicates 128 directions. The Bell Centre is Montréal is the largest hockey arena in the NHL. Venezuela is divided into 23 states. Whisky is the perfect solvent: It dissolves careers, families and marriages. Fathers can share paid paternity leave,...