Here’s 5 interesting things you can talk about this week with your family, friends and co-workers!
1: Did you know that in 1877, St. Stephen was almost destroyed by devastating fire, when 80 buildings and 13 wharves were burned?
2: The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable successfully came ashore at Heart’s Content, Newfoundland, on July 25, 1866.
3: It takes about 10 to 12 days for a skunk to replenish its spray supply once used.
4: Raspberries are not a true berry: botanically, a raspberry is an aggregate fruit made of 100 to 120 tiny individual seed-bearing parts called drupelets.
5: The number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week in 1986 was “Sledgehammer”, by Peter Gabriel.
