Canada is the second largest country in the world by total area.

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Canada is the World's Most Educated Country: over half its residents have college degrees.

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Canada's lowest recorded temperature was -81.4 degrees Fahrenheit (-63 C) in 1947.

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Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world's lakes combined.

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Canada's population density is among the lowest in the world, at 3.7 inhabitants per sq km (9.6/sq mi).

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Residents of Churchill, Canada, leave their cars unlocked to offer an escape for pedestrians who might encounter Polar Bears.

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98%

of Canadians can speak either or both English and French.

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Prostitution is legal in Canada. Buying the services of a prostitute is not.

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Licence plates in the Canadian Northwest Territories are shaped like polar bears.

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In 2010, a Canadian man rescued a newborn baby from a dumpster, only to find out he was the father.

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Canada has the largest coastline in the world.

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In Newfoundland, Canada, the Atlantic Ocean sometimes freezes so people play hockey on it.

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Every Christmas, 1 million letters are addressed to Santa Claus

at his own postal code:
"H0H 0H0, North Pole, Canada."

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With 1,896 km (1,178 mi), the Yonge Street in Canada, is the longest street in the world.

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The Mall of America is owned by Canadians.

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The U.S. / Canada Border is the longest international border in the world and it lacks military defense.

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Canada has no weapons of mass destruction since 1984 and has signed treaties repudiating their possession.

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After the attack on Pearl Harbor during WW2, Canada declared war on Japan before the U.S. did.

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"Canada" is an Iroquoian language word meaning "Village."

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Canada's official phone number is 1-800-O-CANADA.

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Large parts of Canada have less gravity than the rest of Earth. The phenomenon was discovered in the 1960s.

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Police Departments in Canada give out "positive tickets" when they see people doing something positive.

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Americans have invaded Canada twice, in 1775 and 1812. They lost both times.

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Canada has the third largest oil reserves of any country in the world after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.

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The third country in space, after The U.S. and the USSR, was Canada, which was considered to have the most advanced space program in 1962.

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In Canada, Mexico, India, Russia and Israel, bank notes have Braille-like markings for the blind.

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Canada has fewer people than Tokyo's metropolitan area.

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During WW2, Canada gave out buttons to people who tried to enlist but were refused due to medical reasons to show their willingness to fight.

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The Eiffel Tower was almost temporarily relocated to Canada in 1967.

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Canada consumes the most doughnuts and has the most doughnut shops per capita of any country in the world.

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The North American Beaver is the national animal of Canada.

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Canada and Denmark have been fighting over an uninhabited island by leaving each other bottles of alcohol and changing their flags since the 1930s.

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Ontario, Canada, has more than 250,000 lakes. They contain about 1/5 of the world's fresh water.

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There's a service called "Cleaning for a Reason" in the U.S. and Canada that cleans the houses of women with cancer for free so they can focus on their health.

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When flights got diverted or grounded during 9/11, Canada housed, fed, and sheltered over 33,000 passengers.

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One of the thirteen articles in the 1781 U.S. Articles of Confederation states that if Canada wants to be admitted into the U.S., it will automatically be accepted.

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In 2015, a Canadian man was arrested after tying more than 100 balloons to a garden chair and flying over the city of Calgary.

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It's estimated that 93,000 Canadians live in the U.S. with expired visas, more than any other group of immigrant.

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The Canadian Province of Alberta has been rat-free for over 50 years.

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The Hawaiian Pizza was invented in Canada and is the most popular pizza in Australia.

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Dildo is a town on the island of Newfoundland, Canada.

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People from Canada can order a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and have it shipped to them for free.

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In Canada, it's illegal to carry a product designed for personal protection against a human attack, including Pepper spray.

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In Canada, due to a chronic shortage of coinage, playing cards were once used as currency.

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Babies in Britain, Canada and Italy cry more than elsewhere, says an International study.

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Canada is just 1.5% larger in land than the U.S.A.

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Before he was the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau worked as a nightclub bouncer and a snowboarding instructor.

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There is a strip club in Ontario, Canada that doubles as a church on Sunday.

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Alternative names proposed for Canada in 1867 were Borealia, Cabotia, Transatlantica, Victorialand and Superior.

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Canada has a strategic maple syrup reserve to ensure global supply in case of emergency.

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Canada's national parks are free for kids.

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The town of Dildo in Newfoundland has an annual festival, Dildo Days, which is led by their mascot, Captain Dildo.

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Canada consumes more macaroni and cheese than any other nation in the world.

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The first Canadian casualties of the Afghan war happened during a U.S. training exercise.

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