Weird But True
This animal can hold its breath for up to 90 minutes underwater.
What is a sloth?
This Nova Scotia island is home to wild horses and over 350 shipwrecks.
What is Sable Island?
This country has more pyramids than Egypt.
What is Sudan?
This Canadian city is the coldest major city in the country, with winter temperatures often below -30°C.
What is Winnipeg?
This massive wall stretches over 13,000 miles and was built to protect China from invasions.
What is the Great Wall of China?
In Switzerland, it’s illegal to own just one of this pet because they get lonely.
What is a guinea pig?
This famous schooner from Nova Scotia was undefeated in races for 17 years and now appears on the Canadian dime.
What is the Bluenose?
This is the only country in the world that’s also a continent.
What is Australia?
Canada has more of these natural features than any other country in the world.
What are lakes?
This ancient city carved into rose-red rock is located in Jordan and was once a thriving trade center.
What is Petra?
This fruit contains more genes than a human.
What is a banana?
This Nova Scotia university has a “puppy room” where students can go to de-stress.
What is Dalhousie University?
This country is home to the world’s largest floating post office.
What is India?
This Canadian invention is used in kitchens around the world and was created in Ontario in 1964.
What is the Instant Pot?
This pyramid-shaped temple in Mexico was built by the Maya and is famous for its shadow serpent during the equinox.
What is Chichen Itza?
This common household item was originally marketed as wallpaper cleaner.
What is Play-Doh?
very year, Nova Scotia sends this holiday item to Boston as a thank-you for help after the Halifax Explosion.
What is a Christmas tree?
This European country has a tradition of eating KFC for Christmas dinner.
What is Japan?
This province is the only officially bilingual province in Canada.
What is New Brunswick?
This ancient Roman amphitheater could hold up to 50,000 spectators for gladiator battles.
What is the Colosseum?
Octopuses have this many hearts.
What is three?
In this Nova Scotia town, people race across a lake in giant hollowed-out pumpkins.
What is Windsor?
This country has a town named “Dull,” which is officially twinned with “Boring” in the U.S.
What is Scotland?
This animal is featured on the Canadian nickel.
What is a beaver?
This white marble mausoleum in India was built by a Mughal emperor in memory of his wife.
What is the Taj Mahal?