by Diana Filer
1. Canada is said to be the world leader in home-based ‘remote work’.
2. A gurn is a distorted facial expression, and is also the verb to describe it.
3. King Carl XVI Gustav and Queen Sylvia of Sweden are to visit Canada this month, reportedly to strengthen ties of security, defence, trade and innovation between the two countries.
4. Apple seeds, like its pome relatives such as pears, quince and crab apples, contain cyanide.
5. ‘Wiki’ is the Hawaiian word for fast or quick. Ward Cunningham used it when looking for a name for what became ‘wikipedia’. An airport worker in Hawaii first used the word when telling him that he needed transportation that was wiki wiki….very fast.
