Here’s 5 interesting things you can talk about this week with your family, friends and co-workers
1: Built by the city in 1830 at Market Square to centralize fish and goods vendors, the Saint John City Farmers Market is Canada’s oldest continuously operating farmers’ market!
2: August is tied to the “dog days of summer,” named after the Dog Star, Sirius, which aligns with the sun in summer.
3: A hummingbird’s heart beats up to 1,260 times per minute!
4: An average person has 2 to 4 million sweat glands. You are born with all the sweat glands you will ever have; they just grow larger as you get older.
5: “Dirty Dancing”, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, was the first movie to sell 1 million copies on VHS.
