27 April 2019
Today in 1912, Wilby and Haney began the first cross-Canada auto trip. 52 days later they arrived in Vancouver. Bananas are an $11 million global industry. The British Empire was superseded by the Commonwealth in 1926. There are two kinds of freckles. A voyage of 1,000 kilometres begins with a broken fan belt and leaky tire. Throughout the 50 United States of America, this is National Banana Lovers’ Day. Dry rot is commonly treated with antifreeze. It is illegal for Monegasques to gamble in any of Monaco’s casinos. In 1969, Burger King's first Canadian restaurant opened in Windsor ON—now we have 281 BKs Canadawide. There is a hotdog that constantly cracks jokes--it's on a roll. ‘April showers bring May flowers’ first appeared—in 1557—written as a lesson in patience. Cavendish bananas are cloned. Every one is genetically identical. Opening a factory in St. Catherines, ON in 1910, a 1912 REO was first to cross the n...