A high school in Nunavut, Canada takes students on fox trapping sessions, offers polar bear body parts for science class, and has events where students skin seal meat for elders.
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In Canada it is illegal to pretend…
In Canada it is illegal to pretend to practice witchcraft. However, completely legal to practice witchcraft.
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In 1972 Canada had a contest to complete…
In 1972 Canada had a contest to complete the saying “As Canadian as…”. The winner was “As Canadian as possible under the circumstances.”
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There is an inland island in Canada…
There is an inland island in Canada that is larger in area than the lake in which it is situated. The geological structure was formed by the impact of a meteorite 214 million years ago. The meteorite is believed to have been about 5 km in diameter, and would have hit the earth at a speed of 17 km/s, the fourth most powerful known impact that Earth has seen.
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In 1968, Canada gave a $3,500 grant…
In 1968, Canada gave a $3,500 grant to a 35-year old man in Vancouver “to revive the ancient and time-honored tradition of town fool.”
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France sent 800 women to Quebec. The “Filles du Roi”…
France sent 800 women to Quebec. The “Filles du Roi” (“Daughters of the King”) were poor women who in 1663 agreed to go to the mostly male New France colony to marry. It worked; the population more than doubled in 10 years, and two thirds of French Canadians today are their descendants.
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Canada was so nice to their POW’s during…
Canada was so nice to their POW’s during World War 2 that almost 20% of them requested to stay after the war.
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The Jay Treaty, signed in 1794, provides…
The Jay Treaty, signed in 1794, provides that American Indians may travel freely across the Canadian-US border. Native Indians born in Canada are entitled to freely enter the United States for the purpose of employment, study, retirement, investing, and/or immigration.
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Anyone from Canada can order a portrait…
Anyone from Canada can order a portrait of The Queen and have it shipped to them for free.
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Target Canada was so poorly planned that Canadian…
Target Canada was so poorly planned that Canadian consumers would continue to cross the border and shop at Target stores in the United States.
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