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1. Justin Trudeau.
2. Canada consumes the most doughnuts and has the most doughnut shops per capita of any country in the world.
3. Canada is the first country to build a UFO landing pad in St. Paul, Alberta.
4. Basketball was invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891.
5. Dancing Doll.
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
6. Canada's national animal symbol is the beaver
7. LYFBUZ
8. Canada's paper money has tactile markings to assist the visually impaired in identifying denominations.
9. Canada produces 77% of the world's maple syrup.
10. Canada is the garter snake capitol of the world. North of Winnipeg at the Narcisse Snake Dens 10s of 1000s of red-sided garter snakes slither from their dens from mid April to early May
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
11. Sprite lives next door!
12. Canada's the most educated country in the world. Over half of Canadians have college degrees.
13. 30% of Canada is forest.
14. Contemporary ice hockey originated there.
15. Celine Dion (I mean it!)
16. We write great songs: Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot and on it goes down to Sarah McLachlan and now Alessia Cara and others of her generation.
17. Linda Evangelista (dear God, she's the same age as me). If you don't know who that is, Google it.
18. Pierre Elliott Trudeau (10x the PM of that smartarsed whippersnapper he sired)
20. 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!
21. Proof that Canadians are never in a hurry. Canada officially got its own national flag on February 15, 1965 — almost 100 years after it became a country (in 1867).
22. Of the 5 Normandy beaches attacked by the Allies on D-Day, June 6, 1944, one was taken by the Canadians (Juno beach). (2 by the USA and 2 by the UK.)
23. The border between Canada and the United States is officially known as the International Boundary. At 5,525 miles, including 1,538 miles between Canada and Alaska, it is the world's longest border between two nations. And it is militarily undefended. (And the rumor is that Dancing_Doll stood naked with one foot in Canada and one foot in the United States. I for one, easily believe that.)
Eh.
24. An entire Ocean separates it from Scandinavia.
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
26. Canada consumes more macaroni and cheese than any other nation in the world. I'd fit right in!
27. Residents of Churchill, Canada, leave their cars unlocked to offer an escape for pedestrians who might encounter Polar Bears
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
28. Canada was one of the first countries to legalize same-sex marriages in 2005 (Denmark 2012, Finland 2015, Norway 2009, Sweden 2009)
Same-sex couples could legally enter into a common-law relationship as early as 1999.
29. Large parts of Canada have less gravity than the rest of Earth. The phenomenon was discovered in the 1960s.
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
30. I went next door the other day and registered for medical marijuana for my severe carpal tunnel. Felt like I had fallen down a rabbit hole as i haven't smoked or touched drugs for 30 odd years. It was simple. It was an apothecary. Cases with glass jars of different pot. Tinctures, salves, cookies, gummy bears... I now can go in and buy my CBD or more if I choose. I was elated that we have that choice here. ( i know some states do but it still feels so progressive)
31. Living so close to the US border but not having to fight for basic human rights like Planned Parenthood, gay marriage, toilet use by gender. I have recently bought a book called " A Little History of the United States" by James West Davidson to try to understand the country better. It is a light overview but I have realised this year with so much attention focused on the US that i know diddleesquat about US history. I am hoping it clears so things up, like why everyone seems so divided on so many issues. Is there no common ground?
32. Living on the Wet Coast...i live in Victoria right now but spent the last 28 years on one of the Southern Gulf Islands with Vancouver Island at my beck and call. Skiing one day and surfing the next at Tofino. Amazing
That's all for now
33. They have a coin called a Loonie
34. They have a coin called a Toonie
33. Canadians invented the Wonderbra
And a shout out to Noll for the warmth and gratitude demonstrated by the Dutch to Canadian soldiers and the Dutch gift of tulips to Canada. (Google Tulip Festival - Ottawa)
i said coolest. 
