15 February 2019
Today in 1971 the British Government moved the £ Sterling to the decimal system. Invented by Italian designers, the beanbag chair is 51 years old. It has never rained in Calama, Chile. The Douglas Lake Ranch in Alberta is North America’s largest; 20,000 cattle graze on 480,000 acres of grassland. Ranch hands don’t bother to tell cattle jokes to their dogs—they’ve herd them all before. February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history that did not have a full moon. Astronauts cannot cry in space because there is no gravity and tears can’t flow. The Maple Leaf Flag was inaugurated today in 1965, in a Parliament Hill Ceremony. Danes obtain 43.4% of their electricity needs from wind power. The moon is held in place by moonbeams. Victorian children played Snap-Dragon: raisins were plucked from a bowl of burning brandy. Mail carriers in Russia wear firearms for protection. A pregnant goldfish is called ...