Wednesday, 1 July 2009

Happy Canada Day!

Some interesting facts to shout today in Canada's honor....
-Canada's animal is the beaver
-The baseball mitt (1883) and the zipper (1934) were invented in Canada
-Technically, their other national sport is lacrosse
-Canadians consume more mac & cheese than any other nation
-Winnie The Pooh was inspired by a Canadian bear named Winnie (who was donated to the London Zoo and then beloved by Christopher Robin Milne)
-My only viewing of The Phantom of The Opera was in Toronto

1 comment:

anne altman said...

love love love canadian molson. also a big fan of labbatt's blue

-my beer cents