Timbits2Toonies

Tonight is the peak of meteor shower season. Lithuania's Official National Sport is basketball. The first paper straw was made by winding a strip of paper around a pencil. StatsCan says 3 174 of us have chosen assisted death since the law was enacted in 2017. Basketball players want drug tests to be multiple choice. The name Mary is derived from Hebrew; it means 'bitter'.  During World War Two, Italians made synthetic wool from milk.  This is the 201st Royal St. John's Regatta, the continent's oldest continuous sporting event. A group of porcupines is called a prickle. To make a racing shell look younger, treat it with boat-tox. Prince Edward Island has six Francophone schools. Canadians generate 31 million tonnes of garbage a year; we only recycle 30%. 168 years ago today, Isaac Singer received a patent for a 'sewing machine'. 90 years ago, 7up was introduced under the name Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda.  My neighbour worke...