by Diana Filer
1. Dr Roberta Bondar was the first Canadian woman in space.
2. Canada’s first FIFA game this summer will be played against Bosnia.
3. A newborn rabbit, blind and completely dependent on the mother, is called a kit, short for kitten. The word ‘bunny’ did not refer to rabbits before the late 1600s.
4. Calligraphy is decorative handwriting.
5. The University of Bologna in Italy is the world’s oldest in continuous operation, with teaching beginning around 1088 AD.