Timbits2Toonies

The Halifax Morning Herald  marks 144 years today; it merged with The Chronicle in 1949. Knees are the largest and most complex joints in the body. The satellite Sputnik weighed in at 3.1 tonnes. Played the world over, the rules for Hop Scotch were first recorded in 1635.  Plywood experts have nailed the sheets down into seven categories.  When the gingerbread person twisted a knee, the doctor suggested icing it.  The snowdrop is January’s official birth flower. On this date in 1976, Eaton’s issued its final catalogue, after 92 years of publication. The three main parts of a harp include the neck, the sound box and the strings. Icelanders read more books than folks in any other nation.  Remember: In the event of fire, it’s pants before shoes. The mid-sized category of newspapers is called a ‘Berliner’; the next size up is ‘broadsheet’.  Balkan, Swiss and Greek are the three types of yogourt.  Swift Curr...

The Statue of Liberty wears size 879 in sandals. In China, the last course served at a meal is soup. Pomology is the study of fruit.  The sewing term used to describe an armhole in clothing is an ‘armsaye’. According to Canada’s Food Guide , food is an important part of a balanced diet.  Bananas are slightly radioactive. Europe has more than 10,000 types of soil.  Thursday’s child has far to go.  Today  in 1944, 98.4% of Icelanders voted to exit the Kingdom of Denmark, still under Nazi occupation. An apple a day will keep anyone away—if thrown hard enough.  The Dutch and New Zealanders get the most sleep.  Minute Rice was first stocked on grocery store shelves in 1949. Las Vegas is home to 122 casinos. Polar bears are southpaws.  Stress cannot exist in the presence of pie.  The traditional housewife cleaned the upstairs on Thursdays. Male horses have 40 teeth; their female counterpart...