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Interesting Facts Of CANADA
INTERESTING FACTS
- Canadian invented insulin
- Canada invented Hockey
- Canada invented Basketball
- Canada invented the telephone
- Canada invented cable T.V.
- There are over 2 million Canadian patents
- Canada introduced peace-keeping
- Canada made those dinosaurs in Jurassic Park
- Canada invented refining
- Canada has the world's longest bridge (P.E.I. to the mainiland)
- Canada has the world's tallest self-supported structure (CN Tower, Toronto)
- Canada has the world's longest street (Yonge St., Toronto to somewhere near Manitoba)
- Canadian invented the baseball glove
- Canadian invented the kitchen stove
- Titanic, written, directed and produced by a Canadian, James Cameron
- Canadian cities lead the world in quality of life. Vancouver (1), Toronto (3), Montreal (15).
- Canadian discovered Pablum (Baby food)
- Recovered bodies of the Titanic are buried in Halifax
- Canada never owned slaves (there were slaves in Canada in the 18th century but they were owned by the British government)
- Canadians invented the poutine!
- Canada holds over 1.7 trillion barrels of oil in Alberta. This is approximately 1/3rd of the world's recoverable oil reserves!
- British Columbia's total land and freshwater area are 95 million hectares, larger than France and Germany combined. Only 30 countries are larger!
- Canada's 37 national parks include Wood Buffalo National Park, which occupies more land than Taiwan or the Netherlands