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This famous male singer is known for his Christmas music and the song pennies from heaven.
Bing Crosby
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This major event in the 1980's sparked a rise out of this 18 year old man at the time where he ran across the country for cancer research.
Terry Fox
How far did he run and for how long?
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This dish first dated back in the time of the romans but is still eaten now. This dish is an acquired taste and I know some people may not like this dish but some people at least enjoy the onions.
Liver and Onions
Liver and onions is a traditional English dish. The main ingredients are slices of liver (usually pork, beef or, in the United Kingdom, lamb) and onions. The liver and the onions are usually fried or cooked together, but sometimes they may be fried separately and mixed together afterwards. Liver and onions is widely eaten in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and in Germany, where it is usually eaten along with boiled or mashed potatoes.
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These tiny creatures are well known for coming into homes looking for food.
Ants
Did you know that an ants home is more amazing then you think?
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What is SPAM real meat?
Spam is a canned precooked meat product made by the Hormel Foods Corporation, first introduced in 1937. The labeled ingredients in the classic variety of Spam are chopped pork shoulder meat, with ham meat added, salt, water, modified potato starch as a binder, sugar, and sodium nitrite as a preservative.
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This famous musician not only made alot of music but he also gave cars away for people in need.
Elvis Presley
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This event on December 15, 1964 changed how the world looked at Canadians. Queen Elizabeth approved of this new symbol to represent Canada.
New Flag Adopted
A new national flag of Canada was adopted after much debate. The Senate gave its approval on 17 December. Queen Elizabeth signed the royal proclamation on 28 January and the new flag, with its red maple leaf and side bars, flew officially for the first time on 15 February 1965.
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This delicious dessert is the most famous in all occasions from birthdays to weddings.
Cake
Did you know icing used to be spread on cakes with a feather.
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These animals are very cunning and quick. Everyone here has at least seen one. They are either black and grey or orange.
Fox
Foxes are officially members of the dog family and the fox can retract its claws in the same way as a cat - they are the only member of the dog family able to do this!
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What was the minimum wage in Canada in the 1960's?
Adults would make .92c-1.10 per hour and it would go through several changes over many years to now.
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This famous singer brought us rock and roll around the clock.
Bill Halley and his Comets
Did you know he was half blind?
Haley was always an unlikely pop star. Blinded in his left eye as a child due to a botched operation, he later adopted his distinctive spit-curl hairstyle to distract attention from his blind eye.
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This major event in the 1950's changed the world of medicine as this saved a young child's life. This was a big advancement in surgery in Canada.
Open Hear Surgery
Dr. John Carter Callaghan performed Canada’s first successful open-heart surgery on 10-year-old Susan Beattie, who had a hole in her heart. On 15 November 1956, the Edmonton Journal described the event as “the greatest single advance in heart surgery in recent years.” Callaghan was also known for co-developing the portable artificial pacemaker.
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This savory dish made with meat and cornmeal, beef, egg, bread crumbs and a simple tomato-based topping. This dish made well can be juicy however if done wrong can be dry.
Meatloaf
During a time where families struggled like never before, meatloaf became a household staple in the 1930s. Meatloaf allowed families to stretch the small portions of food they had, especially protein, into a meal that would otherwise be consumed quicker.
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These monstrous animals are similar to deer but much stronger.
Elk
The speed at which a spooked elk can move will take your breath away. They can run faster than a horse, clocking speeds up to 45 mph. They regularly jump 7 foot fences with an ease that will make you shake your head in amazement and admiration.
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How many stomachs do cows have?
Cattle are ruminants, meaning their digestive system is highly specialized to allow the use of poorly digestible plants as food. Cattle have one stomach with four compartments, the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum, with the rumen being the largest compartment.
The cow has four stomachs and undergoes a special digestive process to break down the tough and coarse food it eats. When the cow first eats, it chews the food just enough to swallow it.
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This famous singing group sang many songs however there career was quite short. They sang from 1953-1959.
The Platters
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When was our national anthem made?
Calixa Lavallée, known as “Canada’s national musician”, was asked to compose the music for a poem written by Adolphe-Basile Routhier. As intended, the first performance of “O Canada” took place on June 24, 1880, at a banquet held at the Pavillon des Patineurs in the City of Québec. It became the official English version of Canada’s national anthem with the passing of the National Anthem Act, in 1980.
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This cold delight is very famous for its rich creamy texture and variety of flavors.
Ice Cream
The origins of ice cream, sorbet and other chilled dairy treats are difficult to pin down—but span back to antiquity. According to popular legend, ice cream was invented by the ancient Chinese, brought to Italy by Marco Polo, to France by Catherine de Medici, and thence to America by Thomas Jefferson.
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These big cat hunt at night and are masters of stealth.
Panther
Fun Facts
Black panthers are actually leopards or jaguars
Rather than referring to a specific species of big cat, “black panther” is really a colloquial term used to refer to dark jaguars (Panthera onca) and leopards (Panthera pardus). The animals are melanistic, meaning they have dark-pigmented fur, specifically a black coat or large clusters of black spots set against a backdrop of dark fur. The term “panther” itself derives from the genus Panthera, which encompasses contemporary species like jaguars and leopards, as well as lions and tigers, grouping them together due to their similar cranial features.
The melanistic trait is genetic and owes itself to recessive alleles in leopards and dominant alleles in jaguars, says Byron Weckworth, director of conservation genetics at Panthera, a conservation organization for wild cats. Though melanin concentrations can vary between jaguars and leopards born in the same litter, melanistic jaguars and leopards are rare. “About 10 percent of cats are roughly estimated to be of the black color morph across both species [jaguars and leopards], and that’s all due to various environmental pressures and natural selection,”
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What creature has the fastest metabolism?
Hummingbirds, with their tiny bodies and high levels of activity, have the highest metabolic rates of any animals -- roughly a dozen times that of a pigeon and a hundred times that of an elephant. To maintain those rates, hummers have to consume about their weight in nectar daily.
In fact, no animal has a faster metabolism—roughly 100 times that of an elephant. Hummingbirds burn food so fast they often eat 1-1/2 to 3 times their weight in nectar and insects per day.
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This 1970's singer wrote music for television shows for children and was in a band called "Empty Sky". This gentleman has the initials of E.J.
Elton John
Did you know he donated blood for charity?
He created the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which has raised more than $660 million to support HIV-related programs in 55 countries. The proceeds from his 2012 book Love Is the Cure—On Life, Loss and the End of AIDS have supported his foundation.
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This moment in history was the best for the many people watching as this team was lead to win the biggest reward in the 1930's.
Toronto Maple Leaf's Winning the Stanley Cup
Did you know they were not called "Toronto Maple Leaf's" at that time.
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This delicious food has been around since 997 AD. This food has been told in many legends from the Greeks and romans mainly from the legend of Odysseus where he and his men would have to eat round tables before they can return home. These round tables can have many different toppings.
Pizza
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This gentle giants will surprise you of how nice they can be and for they are the largest land animal on earth.
Elephant
You can tell elephant species apart from their ears
There are three species of elephant: African Savanna (Bush), African Forest and Asian. The ears of African elephants are much larger than their cousins and are described as being shaped like the African continent, whereas the ears of Asian elephants are shaped like the Indian subcontinent.
There’s also a trunk difference - African elephants have two ‘fingers’ at the tip of their trunks, whereas Asian elephants have one.
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Are the fiddle and the violin the same?
A fiddle is any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music. Fiddle playing, or fiddling, refers to various styles of music.