by Diana Filer
1. Taxes are imposed on the public by governments to fund projects for the country, while tariffs are moneys imposed on goods coming into or going out of a country.
2. Zymology is the applied science that studies the practical uses of of fermentation.
3. The War of 1812 was fought between the United Kingdom and the United States from 1812 to 1815.
4. The current Parliamentary Poet Laureate is Chimwemwe Undi, a lawyer and poet born in Winnipeg. She lived in Namibia as a child before moving back to Winnipeg.
5. The world’s most expensive spice by weight is saffron, which is obtained from the stigma of the crocus flower.
