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10 funny facts about Canada
Thought you were an expert on Canada? Here are some fun facts you probably didn't know about the land of the free.
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1. The Stanley Cup has its own bodyguard, but that doesn’t mean Canadian hockey champions haven’t put all kinds of different foods and drinks in it (everything from chocolate milk to popcorn and cereal!)
2. British Columbian pioneers made use of the oolichan, also called candlefish, at nighttime. The small fish is so fatty that it can be dried, strung on a wick and burned like a candle!
3. Canada’s name comes from a misunderstanding between Jacques Cartier and some Iroquois youth who were pointing out a village (for which they used the word “Kanata”). They were actually trying to identify the small area which is present day Quebec City, but Cartier used the similar-sounding word “Canada” to refer to the whole area. Oops!
4. The Narcisse Snake Dens in Manitoba have more snakes in a concentrated area than anywhere else in the world. Tens of thousands of red-sided garter snakes gather there every year. On the other hand, there are no snakes on the island of Newfoundland.
5. Canada officially got its own national flag on February 15, 1965 — almost 100 years after it became a country (in 1867).
6. Canada’s official languages may be French and English, but our geese have their own language: scientists believe that Canada geese have as many as 13 different calls for everything from greetings and warnings to happiness.
7. If you visit Dawson City, Yukon, you can join the “Sourtoe Cocktail Club” — all you have to do is finish a drink (of anything!) with a real human toe in the bottom. The club’s motto says, “You can drink it fast, you can drink it slow — but the lips have gotta touch the toe.”
8. In 1962, Pincher Creek, Alberta experienced the fastest, biggest temperature change ever recorded in Canada as a result of a Chinook (a warm, dry wind that comes off the Rocky Mountains). The temperature rose from -19C to 22C in just one hour!
9. Between 1984 and 2008, it was illegal to sell pop in cans in PEI. All carbonated drinks had to be purchased in refillable glass bottles. PEI was the only place in North America to have a “can ban.”
10. Forget the Loch Ness Monster: Canada has its own mysterious lake creature, Ogopogo, who reportedly lives in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia.
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Callum mclaren (not verified) says ....
Some good facts don't really like it
razan (not verified) says ....
thats not funny
Belieber (not verified) says ....
Justin Bieber!
it awesome sight (not verified) says ....
cool
YES (not verified) says ....
LOVE IT!
Rose (not verified) says ....
Not funny what so ever
chelse (not verified) says ....
canada became the dominion of canada on july 1,1867
Anonymous says ....
i need more funny facts
maheen (not verified) says ....
there are 10 provinces and 3 territories in Canada
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Anonymous says ....
Nathan ,how cool, i am a tourist here in canada. that's cool
I wish there was more.Bout the flag and the Anthem tho, come on
That had to change like right away man..
sarah (not verified) says ....
this is amazing and when my daughter got loads of facts, her class was really shocked ( in a good way ) thankyou ah
lauryn (not verified) says ....
sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i need crafts that a 10 year old could make