Paul Millman

Father, husband, track coach, world traveller, and food connoisseur. If you can't eat it, chuck it.

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

Pelé passed away today at 82 years old.

He was one of the world's most famous athletes and the only man to win 3 World Cups.

But my favorite Pelé story involves two brothers that became bitter rivals and a $120,000 payment that will be remembered forever.

Here's the story 👇

[The Wolf of Franchises 🍟 @franchisewolf]

Today, KFC in Japan will sell 5-10x more chicken than any day of the year.

Millions of Japanese citizens will line up for their bucket of Christmas Eve fried chicken.

Here's the story behind this annual tradition:

[Tim Fullerton @TimFullerton]

I’ll never understand why people get so mad at using pronouns.

Are you so small that you can’t do one tiny thing to help an extremely marginalized community feel a little less excluded in life?

[Tareq Hadhad @TareqHadhad]

Seven years ago, when we landed in 🇨🇦 as refugees, the people of Antigonish opened their arms and hearts to our family.
Tomorrow at 1 pm, our new Peace by Chocolate store will have a ribbon cutting ceremony at the heart of Antigonish. That's the magic of Canada. #kindnessmatters

[Rachael Denhollander @R_Denhollander]

Once when I was young, around 8 or so, we had a garage sale. My siblings and I were killing time riding our bikes along the sidewalk and this guy stopped in. But he wasn't there to buy anything.

He went up to my mom, introduced himself and said he'd stopped because he saw us...

[Eric Klinenberg @EricKlinenberg]

The Gabriel Garcia Marquez Library just opened in a working class neighborhood in Barcelona. It’s magical. It’s real. And it’s the kind of place that makes you wonder why every city doesn’t give its residents palaces for the people. #library

[Gabriele Corno @Gabriele_Corno]

Hidden secrets in ancients books

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

“In Finland, the # of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” https://t.co/EH3reri9lz

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

NEW STUDY: If everyone emulated the Dutch, cycling just 2.6 kilometres/day, world would reduce CO2 emissions by 686 million tonnes a year. #Netherlands
https://t.co/svUnI6nw7n

[Meanwhile in Canada @MeanwhileinCana]

New Zealand: "Hey Canada, can I copy your homework."
Canada: "Sure, just change it a bit so it isn't obvious."

[Hopeful Cynic with MS X (aka Patrick) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @0CynicalBastard]

As an Albertan, I grew up thinking that Liberals hated Alberta, I hated Ontario, and the horror that Ottawa had visited upon our beautiful province. I admired Preston Manning (The guy who created the party that would become the CPC). Then I met a Political Science Prof at MRU

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

The Mona Lisa is a great lesson on fame.

Leonardo da Vinci began his masterpiece in 1503 but few people were talking about it for the next 400 years.

Today, it's the most famous painting in the world. How did it happen? A major scandal in 1911.

Here's the story🧵

[Athletics Canada @AthleticsCanada]

COMMONWEALTH 2022: MITTON WINS GOLD🇨🇦

Sarah Mitton wins Canada its first athletics medal of the Games in the shot put🥇

She launched her best and final throw yelling an audible "YES!!!"

Her improvement through rounds:
1- 17.13m
2- 17.33m
3- 17.77m
4- 17.83m
5- 18.29m
6- 19.03m

[Devin Heroux @Devin_Heroux]

GOLD FOR 🇨🇦 SARAH MITTON

The Nova Scotian shot putter has done it. On her final throw, Mitton blasts from third to gold.

She threw six times. Each throw was just a little bit better. Commonwealth Games champion. What a season.

[Athletics Canada @AthleticsCanada]

COMMONWEALTH - @MittonSarah advances to final🇨🇦🌎

18.24 on her first throw auto-qualify the World Championship 4th place finisher to the final round.

[BC inc. @bgcrowe43]

@theworldindex Canada tops in G7 growth

[Arash Madani @ArashMadani]

HOLY SHIT!

#OurGame

[Devin Heroux @Devin_Heroux]

GOLD FOR CANADA 🇨🇦

THEY DID IT!

Aaron Brown. Jerome Blake. Brendon Rodney. And Andre De Grasse.

Loving Saturday nights once again.