Thursday, June 28, 2007

Fun Facts About Canada


It is almost Canada Day! (and a slow news day) so....

What Do Canadians Have To Be Proud Of?

Canadian Inventions, Products from Canada and Etc.


1. Smarties, Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp and Apple pie are products from Canada.

2. Baseball, Hockey and Basketball are Canadian inventions.

3. Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers butt

4. Tim Hortons beats Dunkin' Donuts

5. We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered or withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere.

6. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and is still around as the worlds oldest company.

7. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, insulin, penicillin, zambonis and short wave radios that save countless lives each year.

8. We invented Superman.

9. The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with mitts on.

10. Canadian Tire money, Vachon cakes, the Jolly Jumper, and Botox were all invented by Canadian women.

11. The word cyberspace was coined by Canadian writer William Gibson

12. The baseball glove was invented in Canada in 1883.

13. The electric light bulb, the electric range, the electron microscope, standard time, the television, the telephone, and the zipper are Canadian inventions.

Thank You Canadian Beauts

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