04 July 2019
The Statue of Liberty contains 81 193 kilos of copper. There are more than 3,500 species of mosquitoes. Potatoes are 80% water. This is Independence Day for 324,459,463 of our next-door neighbours. Canadians live as close to the United States as possible, without moving in. Replacing the keys to your Lexus costs $374 plus HST. This the Birthday of Queen Sonja of Norway. Her Majesty is 82. Charles Macintosh invented the modern, waterproof raincoat 195 years ago. 2,501,922 Americans carry the surname Smith; another 2,014,470 are named Johnson. A drowning man is not worried by rain. One of an elephant’s favourite foods is tree bark. 5,220,579 Native Americans live in the United States—1.6% of the population. Hannibal crossed the Alps with 40 elephants in the cavalry. Today in 1954, British housewives celebrated the end of 14 long years of food rationing. Elephants stand on marshmallows so th...