19 May 2019
Today in 1957, M. Lachance—owner of Café Ideal in Warwick, QC—served the first poutine. Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, began in 1883. The garn is a unit of measure NASA uses, to gauge how quickly astronauts develop nausea. The harmonica is a free reed wind instrument. When astronauts crash into the moon they are required to Apollo-gize. Since 1791, little Jack Horner has sat in the corner, pulling out plums from his Christmas pie. The average length of a New Zealand couple’s marriage is 12.2 years. Today in 1911, Parks Canada came into existence—the world’s first national park ministry. The letter ‘B’ is a voiced bilabial stop in many languages. 100% of all caves are located underground. 11.5% of us live in common-law relationships. The world’s most massive wedding cake weighed in at 6.8 tonnes. Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. We have pounded out Chops...