Timbits2Toonies

This is Veterans’ Day in Sweden. Moose have been clocked swimming at 9.5 kph.  India ink is composed of soot and water. Former Prime Minister Jean Chretièn is an accomplished trombone player. I sink, therefore I swam. The golf tee was patented in 1899 by Dr. George Grant, son of slaves, freed by Lincoln. Meaning ‘to mislead’, the expression ‘red herring’ entered the lexicon in 1807. Today in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzig Norgay were first to reach the top of Mt. Everest. The CAA boasts more than 6.2 million members.  My neighbour skidded, flipped his car-was found in a field by stray cows-they didn't call 911. Iceland’s unicameral Althing , currently has  63 Members of Parliament.  Today in 1968,  Presbyterians ordained Shirley Jeffery. She served in London, ON. Grease is a semisolid lubricant, composed of soap, emulsified with mineral or vegetable oil. The population of the Kingdom of Morocco is 34,740,000. When...

This the International Day of Families. The Reader’s Digest version of the Ten Commandments is: DON’T! Between 30,000 to 40,000 Canadians work in the United States. Eat six prunes for 4 grams of fibre. No matter how young a prune may be, it’s always full of wrinkles. 92% of iPhone users are brand loyal.  In a pinch, grits can double as kitty litter.  161,000 people work for Unilever, worldwide. Today in 1894 Nova Scotia banned alcohol sales.  My neighbour's cellphone plan is unlimited. There’s no limit as to how much Bell can charge. The platypus secretes 80 poisonous toxins. From St. John’s to Victoria, we have 525,757 Registered Nurses. Folks have been wishing others to ‘Have a nice day’  since 1948. The main ingredients in cola are citrus oils, cinnamon, vanilla and an acidic flavouring. Hôtel-Dieu has a maternity nurse shortage; it’s a mid-wife crisis.  White burgundy is made from chardonnay grapes; red...

The collective term for lies is called a ‘pack’. Donated blood has a 40-day shelf life before it goes bad. The value of the artwork within the Louvre is pegged at €25 billion.  Produced in all six states, Australia is Earth’s fifth largest exporter of wine.  Cauliflower is nothing more than a cabbage with a university education. ~ Mark Twain For 85 years, the ‘eight’ in V8 are: tomato, carrot, celery, beet, parsley, lettuce, watercress and spinach. At 57%, Italy is the EU’s paradise for bank robbers.  A dozen of the fifty United States have official dogs and five have state cats.  1% of Eritreans possess telephones.  Someone who suffers from the irrational fear of picnics is called a basket case. The population of Labrador comprises  6% of Newfoundland and Labrador’s total. An orange tree bears blossoms and fruit at the same time.  It was 1995 when eBay got its start in Pierre Omidyar's living room. An upsc...