Canadian Eh
Greek Mythology
The Enlightenment
Its gettin COLD
Rockin Rocks
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The one-dollar Canadian coin features this bird, known for its iconic call.

The Loon

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This God gave humans fire and was severely punished by Zeus for his act.

Prometheus

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The concept of Enlightened thinking or a new idea being formed are depicted in cartoons as this object lighting up.

A lightbulb

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These geometric crystal structures form between -2 and -5 degrees Celsius and are a classic image for white Christmas movies.

Snowflakes

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This 1960s British Rock and Roll band have released 340 songs over their 6-decade career; they're so famous, they have their own magazine named after them!

The Rolling Stones

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Canada's two national sports are both played with sticks; one for the summer and the other for winter.

Ice hockey and Lacrosse

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This Demon Dog is the guardian of the underworld, preventing any souls from leaving.

Cerberus

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People, take to the streets! The ideas from the Enlightenment were directly responsible for this major event in European history

The French Revolution

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This Batman villain is forced to wear a cryogenic suit after a failed experiment to save his wife from an incurable disease.

Mr Freeze / Victor Fries

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This flat-topped mountain in South Africa is regarded as one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the world; so flat you could eat off it!

Table Mountain

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The territory of Nunavut is Canada's most recent addition, created in this year:

1999

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As the story goes, the name for the city of Athens was determined by a competition between Poseidon and Athena. Poseidon gifted the city a saltwater spring while Athena gifted this:

An olive tree

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German Philosopher Immanuel Kant outlined the definition of Enlightenment in this 1784 essay:

What is Enlightenment?

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Get your layers on! The Inuits of Northern Canada and Greenland fused caribou and seal hides with furs and seabird feathers to make this type of insulated winter coat.

The Parka

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This iconic igneous rock butte in the Southwestern USA was the first national monument protected in the country. The First Nations Lakota tribe refer to it as the "Bear's Lodge" for its deep grooved appearance.

Devil's Tower

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Canada was born when Great Britain united its colonies of Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 1867 under this title:

The Dominion of Canada

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In the mythological story of the Trojan War, Helen is forcefully taken to become the bride of Paris. Enraged at his bride being stolen, this Greek King declared war to take back his bride.

King Agamemnon

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Enlightened philosopher Jean Jacque Rousseau wrote of a society where all people were treated equally according to the innate good of humanity. Many believe his ideas first described this type of society:

Utopian Society.

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This US paleontological site is famous for its well preserved Ice Age megafauna, which an overwhelmingly high quantity of carnivore fossils.

The LaBrea Tar pits

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Someone undergoing a laborious and difficult task without seeing much success is jokingly said to be performing this type of task. Don't let Hades know!

Sisiphean

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Across Canada, there are over 600 recognized First Nations groups with ancestral claims to Canadian territory. The island of Montreal was traditionally inhabited by this Nation

Kanien'keha:ka/Mohawks

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This ancient Greek tragedy recounts the death of Pentheus, King of Thebes, at the hands of the God Dionysus for unjustly imprisoning him.

The Bacchae

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The Enlightenment kicked off when philosopher Voltaire reviewed the death of this man, who was accused of killing his own son to prevent his conversion to Catholicism. He was unjustly tortured and executed because of religious intolerance at the time.

Jean Calas

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The coldest mountain in the world; by coincidence, it also happens to be the tallest mountain on its continent.

Vinson Massif

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Located deep in the Sierra de Naica mountain in Chihuahua, Mexico, this structure possesses some of the largest gypsum crystals in the world! Don't let Superman know it exists; he might make it his next base!

Cave of the Crystals