12 November 2018
This is World Pneumonia Day. Born in 1838, Tom Thumb weighed 32 kilos and measured 99 centimetres in height. Styrofoam was created by Dow Chemical in 1941. The human eye can distinguish more shades of green than any other colour. Ageing chameleons that cannot change colour suffer from reptile dysfunction. A newborn baby opossum is called a joey. For 264 million Indonesians, this is Father’s Day. Alabama’s Official State Pie is buttermilk. Zeolite, diatomite and sepiolite are the main ingredients in non-clumping cat litter. Men in the Heart of Dixie hold up their pants with bible belts. 800 numbers were introduced to North Americans 36 years ago. Snakes, fish and male mosquitos do not have ears. Worldwide, pneumonia claims the lives of 4,200 children every day. Today in 1990, Crown Prince Akihito was crowned as Japan’s 125th monarch. My neighbour’s ears are so big he can hear th...