Timbits2Toonies

In the larder of the HMS Endeavour  was three tonnes of sauerkraut and 45 barrels of brandy.  Tin does not corrode in water. The western end of Northumberland Strait has only one tide a day. Ford is the world’s largest family-owned business. The new speed limit is 60kph—Ford drivers, just do the best you can. The world’s first teddy bear museum opened in England in 1984. Mondays, crew on the HMS Endeavour ate 8  oz. of butter, 10 oz. of cheese and all the porridge or boiled wheat they wanted. Today in 1903, a 30 million cubic-metre landslide killed 70 people in Frank, Alberta. The proper depth of a bird bath is three to nine centimetres. Scientists have successfully crossed a pig with a teddy bear; the result is a teddy boar. Captain Cook’s HMS Endeavour  carried 71 ship’s company, 12 marines and livestock. From St. John’s to Victoria we have more than 1,700 YMCAs.  Since 1905, Vicks VapoRub has been used to treat mos...

Today in 1849, the Colony of Vancouver Island was established. Ants do not have lungs. Nestlé Purina is the world’s second largest maker of pet food. The average home contains 200 kilos of copper. Ants favourite holiday destination is Frants. More than 500 million people live in the European Union. The plural of vortex is vortices. Those who build naval vessels are given the title of shipwright.  Today in 2011, US retailer Target bought all 220 stores of the bankrupt Zellers chain, for $1.83 billion. The Pilgrims sailed to America because they missed their flight.  Josephine Cochrane invented the modern dishwasher in 1887.  There are more than 600 types of pasta.  On this date in 1949, Ottawa released a study revealing the dangers of asbestos. In 1687, children began to chant, "Rain, rain, to go away and come again some other day."  Don’t be a salami is the Italian equivalent of don’t be an idiot. Barophobe...