Thursday, June 30, 2016

Oh Canada Eh!



With Canada Day here, I thought a great way to celebrate our 149th birthday is to share some strange but true facts that will make you proud to say “I’m a Canuck eh!”

1. Winnipeg is the Garter snake capital of the world. Every spring tens of thousands of these guys emerge from their dens
2. We have a SNOLAB. Yep, a snow lab. Where is it located? Well, it’s in a 2 km
deep mine shaft outside Sudbury, of course. It holds the record of the world’s deepest clean laboratory.
3. USA currency’s green ink was developed at McGill University in 1857.
4. Newfoundlander’s harvest icebergs every spring that come from Greenland. They use the ice to produce one of a kind wine, vodka and skin products.
5. Many think that allowing same sex marriages in 2005 was the world premiere...read more...

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