Facts About Canada Not Many People Know:
1. Mounties DON'T always look like that
2. We sit on couches, chesterfield is a small town in Quebec.
3. Where did that "aboot" thing start anyway?Are they that bored?
4. We do NOT live in igloos.
5. We DID invent basketball, thanks for finally giving us a couple teams.
6. Java Script is Canadian, yup, we made it.
7. The Zipper, is Canadian!
8. Know what else is Canadian? TELEVISION
9. There isn't ALWAYS snow, we have summer like you.
10. 2nd largest country in the world.
11. Average American can only drink half the amount of our beer
12. Our capitol isn't Toronto, it is Ottawa
13. The Stanley Cup is the OLDEST professional sports championship trophy
14. NOT a ski hat,it's a touque
15. Yes, we have regular cities like you, indoor plumbing and paved roads.
16. We do in fact have lumberjacks and curlers, so do you! We don't have as many as you think though.
17. Ice fishing is fun, IN THE WINTER, there is no ice before then.
18. we say "eh" a lot, but it is much better than "what?" or "huh?"
19.
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CREDITED INVENTIONS REFERENCES
Canadian Inventions:
1. Electric Street Car
2. Standard Time
3. Telephone
4. Java Script
5. Hockey
6. Lacross
7. Basketball
8. Complexion Cosmetic
9. Ice Skates
10. Electric Car Heater
11. Portable Film Developing System
12. Silicon Steel Alloy
13. Wireless Radio
14. Radio Transmitted Voice
15. Ginger Ale
16. Robertson Screw
17. Hydrofoil Boats
18. 5 Pin Bowling
19. Chocolate Bar
20. Railway Car Break
21. Sonar
22. Snowmobile
23. Syncronized Swimming
24. Snow Blower
25.
ZIPPER
26.
TELEVISION
27. Electric Organ
28.
Frozen Food
29. Televison Camera
30. Paint Roller
31.
Walkie-Talkie
32. Synthesizer
33. Pacemaker (for your heart)
34. Tuck-away-handle beer carton
35. Automatic postal sorter
36. Jolly Jumper
37. Goalie mask
38. Instant Mashed Potatoes
39. Football Goalpost
40. IMAX Movie system
41. Computerized Braille
42. Roadway Guardrail
43. Trivial Pursuit
44. CN Tower (Worlds tallest Freestanding structure)
45. Film Colourization
46. Silicon
47. Roller Skate
48. Toboggan
49. Tipi (Tepee)
50. Totem Pole
51. Kayak
52.
Washing Machine
53. Snow Shoes
54. Mcintosh Apple
55. Newsprint
56. Kerosene
57. Odometer
58. Green Ink
59. Rubber Shoe Heels
60. Lawn Sprinkler
61. Electric Lightbulb (patent sold to Thomas Edison 1874)
62. Electric Streetcar
I know not everyone will beleive this so I included a credited inventions reference below.
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