02 April 2019
Today is World Autism Awareness Day. ‘Men of the forest’ is the origin of the surname Frazier. Onward Christian Soldiers was written in 1865—for children. St. Nicholas is the patron saint of pawnbrokers. Get down! Incoming fire has the right-of-way. Trees can die of old age; the oldest tree in the Dominion is a 519-year old sugar maple. The first anti-bullying campaign was in 1872 with Sticks and Stones may Break my Bones. 90% of the 2 million vehicles manufactured in Canada are exported. Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands today in 1982. A sheep was arrested on the Trans-Canada Highway for making a ewe-turn. 85% of Malagasians practise Christianity. Without the number 2, positive and negative could not exist. The word ‘bionics’ was coined in 1958; a portmanteau of biology and electronics. Today in 1975, the CN Tower was completed, the world’s tallest free-standing structure. There’s nothing wrong with the Tower of Pisa...