Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche, is this year’s winner of the $2.1 million Templeton Prize, awarded annually to a person who has exceptionally affirmed life’s spiritual dimensions. John Templeton was an American mutual fund pioneer. Other Templeton Prize winners are Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, and Canadian Charles Taylor.- Georges Vanier, a Canadian army general, was Canada’s first French-Canadian Governor-General. He was the father of Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche.
- Comedian Jimmy Durante, known mostly for his movie work, was known as The Schnozz, because of his huge nose.
- Robinson Crusoe was born Robinson Kreutznaer.
- Twenty-one countries border the Mediterranean Sea.
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