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Fun Fact Friday
Today's Cup of Tea: "The creation of teabags was an accident! A New York tea merchant began sending out samples in silk bags. The customers thought they should put the whole...
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Human Body Facts: "As you breathe, most of the air is going in and out of one nostril. Every few hours, the workload shifts to the other nostril." (Long, 2019) "Goose bumps...
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History of Sleep! "Before the 1800s, people had a "first" and "second sleep." They would sleep 3-4 hours, wake up for 2-3 hours to do some type of activity, then go back to...
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A very handy fact! "There are no muscles in your fingers: Their function is controlled by muscles in your palms and arms." (Donvito, 2019) References Donvito, T. (2019,...
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"Do you dream in black and white? If so, the chances are you are over 55 and were brought up watching a monochrome television set. New research suggests that the type of...
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Canada fun fact! "Despite being a huge country, Canada has the fourth lowest population density in the world, with only three people living per square kilometre! Almost half...
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The Ball Drop in Times Square on New Years Eve: "Time balls were actually invented to help sailors. Long before it was used on New Year's Eve, a ball on top of England's...
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"Brocooli is a 'man-made' food. So human’s just engineered broccoli out of nowhere? Nope. Well, not exactly. Broccoli only came about after years and years of selective...
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" Canadians are the biggest consumers of donuts and have the most donut shops per capita of any country in the world." (Liu, 2018) References: Liu, S. (2018, July 29). 24...
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"The “Apology Act“, passed in 2009, is a direct result of Canada’s overuse of the word “sorry”. See, once upon a time, lawyers in court were probably able establish guilt...
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“Canada’s lowest recorded temperature is as cold as Mars! The temperature of -63 C (-81.4 F) was in the small village of Snag on Feb. 3, 1947. That’s roughly the same...
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. Spades - King David Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne Diamonds - Julius Caesar....