Did you know 

ONLY THE  British could colonise the world and then leave the EU because they don’t want to be around foreigners.

THE TOP 1% of New Zealanders have 26% of New Zealand’s wealth. Last year they added $1.1 billion to their fortunes. Meanwhile the lowest 70% of the population  have only 18% of the wealth. 

TEMPERATURE. The basic unit of temperature is the kelvin, which is defined as being 1/273.16th of the temperature of water at 0.01C. I’m sure that you are pleased to know that. 

THE BEATLES signed a recording contract with EMI’s Parlophone label on May 9 th 1962

NEW ZEALAND INTRODUCED superannuation from the age of 65 (means tested)  in 1898. In 1938 the age was lowered to 60. In 1970 labour introduced a compulsory retirement savings scheme . This was discontinued by National in 1976 replacing it with  a 80% of the average wage superannuation. In 2001 the age was raised to 65. 

On May 10 th 1940 Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister and form an all party War Coalition with Labour and Liberal MPs to lead the country against Hitler’s invading forces. 

“THE MOST difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity” –Amelia Earhart 

THE MAGNETS in electric vehicles, weigh about a kilo, the majority of this of the rare earth materials Neodymium and Praseodymium. These magnets are three times stronger and 1/10 th the size of conventional magnets. Processing these materials takes huge amounts of electricity and currently China is the world’s major producer. Australia has major deposits of the materials and is currently exploring sustainable electricity supply to process it . 

WITHOUT EDUCATION we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously’ G K Chesterton 

“GRIEF NEVER ENDS, but it changes. It is a Passage not a place to stay . Grief is not a sign  of weakness nor lack of faith. It is the price of love” Elizabeth 1.

IT IS DIFFICULT to visualise the Indian population statistics,. For instance: a million young Indians reach employment age each month. 

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