Surprising Facts about Canada

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In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about Canada.

More information about the video content bellow:
1. Canada is the second largest country in the world, right after Russia. However Canada has fewer people than Tokyo's metropolitan area.

2. Residents of Churchill, Canada, leave their cars unlocked to offer an escape for pedestrians who might encounter Polar Bears.

3. Every spring, icebergs from Greenland float to Newfoundland and Labrador's coast. They are harvested to make wine, beer, vodka and skin care products.

4. Americans have invaded Canada twice, in 1775 and 1812. They lost both times.

5. Canada and Denmark have been fighting over an uninhabited island by leaving each other bottles of alcohol and changing their flags since the 1930s.

6. Basketball, the game so loved by Americans was invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891.

7. In 1857 Queen Victoria of Britain chose Ottawa to be the capital of Canada. The name Ottawa comes from the Algonquin word adawe – which means to trade. There are more than 14 museums in Ottawa, but the Canadian Museum of Civilization is the most visited museum in Canada. There are 35 major festivals in Ottawa. The Canadian Tulip Festival, held every May, is one of the most famous.

More Info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada
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http://www.businessinsider.com/canada...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_N...
http://www.geosottawa.com/visiting-ot...

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Intro:
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