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An entertaining and lighthearted collection of facts from across the country to tickle your funny bone. Discover: · how many UFOs have been sighted in Canada · how many people in Canada drink beer · the best place to park your car so that it won't be stolen · the curative powers of the Aurora Borealis · the number of deaths attributed to avalanches · the woman who negotiated her weight in gold for a marriage settlement · the number of words we use for snow · the Newfoundland tradition of screeching-in · the largest land animal in North America · which monsters have been sighted across Canada An so much more... A journey through Canada that you'd never imagine. You won't learn this stuff in school!

From the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay, Ontario is a province rich in history-and some of that history is simply weird. Read about the fascinating and funny past of Canada's most populous province: the Toronto Circus Riots of 1865 were started by firemen and clowns brawling in a brothel; Ontario's Parliament got its start in a hospital; Ontario, not Alberta, was the first province to see oil wells in the back-forty; and more.