Sunday, August 4, 2013

Interesting trivia about Canada

Many more things were invented by Canadians or come from Canada than the world gives them credit for. And useful things, too!

Here is just a random selection:
- kitchen garbagebags
- lawn sprinkler. The same guy invented the ironing board
- walkie-talkie
- the infamous wonderbra
- the paint roller
- road lines (yes, they still live up to it with great lines)
- peanut butter
- the egg carton
- imax technology
- insulin
- the foghorns of ships/harbours
- the baggage tag
- standard time
- Anthrax :(
- Superman was created by a Canadian
- the baseball glove
- chips/crisps or then "dehydrated potatoe flakes"
-the zipper
- Basketball
- Natives invented Lacrosse
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