BBQ

The word "barbecue" comes from a Taino word for "sacred fire pit"

Cold road...

The Dempster in Canada's Yukon Territory is the only public highway to cross the Arctic Circle

Syria...

Civilization in Syria was one of the most ancient on earth, dating back to the Neolithic period. Too bad civilization has left the place during 'modern' times.

Giant Clam

The Giant clam, Tridacna Gigas, is the largest bivalve mollusk. It can weigh more than 200 kilograms (441 lb) and the shells of Giant Clam can measure up to 4 ft across. The Giant clam also has a lifespan of over 100 years.

Liverpool, Nova Scotia

The inner harbour of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, near the mouth of the Mersey River was once the site of a small 18th century Acadian settlement known as Lingley.

Trans-Canada Highway

To qualify as Trans-Canada Highway, the paved road must be at least 6.7 m wide with unpaved shoulders of at least another 3.3 m on either side. Hills cannot exceed six degrees of slope angle, and drivers must always be able to see at least 183 m down the road ahead. It took until 1971 for the full length of the road to be completed to this standard.

Sand Castle

The world’s tallest sandcastle measured 49.55 feet high and was completed on July 4, 2007 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. and sponsored by Best Western of the Carolinas.

PhD

On July 26, 1865, Patrick Francis Healy is awarded his PhD by Louvain Belgium.

Here comes the sun...

A person's risk for melanoma - the most serious form of skin cancer - doubles if he or she has had five or more sunburns.

The Rock

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson won the WWF Heavyweight title six times.

Size matters...

The Trenta size at Starbucks is slightly bigger than your stomach with the capacity to hold 916 milliliters. The stomach on average has a capacity of 900 ml.

Avocado

There are more than 80 varieties of avocados. The most common is the year-round Hass avocado, whose original mother tree still stands in California.

Spring...

Stonehenge in England marks the position of the rising sun on the vernal equinox.