Useless Knowledge About Canada: 100+ Trivia, Tidbits, and Surprising Stories from the Great White North (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798311079525)

Useless Knowledge About Canada: 100+ Trivia, Tidbits, and Surprising Stories from the Great White North

Think you know Canada? Think again! This book is packed with hilarious, weird, and downright unbelievable facts that will make you see the Great White North in a whole new light.

Inside, you'll discover:

• The town in Newfoundland, and why people visit just for the sign
• How Canada's apology obsession led to an actual "Apology Act"
• The giant hockey stick in British Columbia that holds a Guinness World Record
• A man who paddled across a lake in a bathtub-just because
• The town that once banned snowball fights (yes, really)
• Why some ATMs in Canada give out gold instead of cash
• How Canada built a secret maple syrup reserve-and how it got robbed
• The police-run jail for troublemaking polar bears in Manitoba
• Why moose outnumber people in some areas, and they have zero fear of cars
• The world's biggest wheel of cheese, so massive it needed its own train car

From bizarre laws and record-breaking stunts to food obsessions and wildlife that doesn't respect personal space, this book is your passport to the funniest, weirdest, and most wonderfully useless knowledge about Canada.

If you love trivia, humor, and learning things you'll immediately want to tell someone, this book is for you.

Warning: Reading this may cause an uncontrollable urge to visit Canada... or at least stock up on poutine and ketchup chips.