Canada is the garter snake capital of the world

Canada is the second-largest nation in the world. It is not part of the United States - (it's the U.S.' nicer sister, not dissing Mexico, the U.S.' feistier sister.)

A little jewel sitting at the top of the continent.



In the 148 years of their nationhood, Canadians have given the world paint rollers, snowmobiles, electric organs, green ink, toboggans, snow blowers, plexiglass, and the push-up bra.



Canada has about the same population as California, but fewer Scientologists.

According to the 2014 article in Quartz magazine, Canada has the dubious honor of leading the industrialized world largest per-capita market for … Starbucks. (Sorry about that Tim Hortons.)

Today is the 35th anniversary of the Canadian national anthem, 'Like America, But Colder.'



Canada's leading export to the United States is Canadians. Dan Aykroyd, who happens to have been born exactly 63 years ago today, is one.



Pamela Anderson is another, and was also born today, although she's younger (most of her is 40ish, but some parts are significantly younger).

Other Canadian exports: Bryan Adams, Paul Anka, Alexander Graham Bell, Raymond Burr (of nipple rouge fame), John Candy, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion, Michael J. Fox, John Kenneth Galbraith, Lorne Greene, Peter Jennings, kd lang, Marshall McLuhan, Joni Mitchell (hopefully she's doing well), Alice Munro, Mike Myers,



Oscar Peterson, William Shatner, Alex Trebek, Shania Twain, Neil Young and of course everyone's favorite Canadian Zen Buddhist, Leonard Cohen.



(... Oh like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.)


And so it goes