02 June 2019
Celebrated since 1946, this is Festa della Repubblica for 60 million Italians. Only 600 organ transplants are performed each year—fewer than 20% of us are donors. Consuming 8,100,000 metric tones per annum , Brazilians rank 10th in rice consumption. Today in 1953, Elizabeth II was crowned as Queen in Westminster Abbey. There are no ‘knock knock’ jokes about Italy because freedom rings. The name Richard means ‘strong ruler’. Scent cells are renewed every 30 to 60 days. Today in 1977, Québec hiked the minimum wage to $3.15 an hour—the highest in the nation. Figure, bandy, racing, touring and hockey are the five types of ice skates. In January, my neighbour wanted to ice skate on the Detroit River. I said, “Wait ’til it gets warmer.” Launched in 1837, the telegraph pioneered social media. With 308,754 employees, Samsung is world’s largest manufacturer of consumer electronics. Canada-wide, police reported 660 homi...