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Top 10 Fun Facts About Canada 1. In 1948 Canada wasn't going to sent a Hockey team to the Olympics, so the Royal Canadian Air Force sent some servicemen to represent the country, and they won Gold. 2. Canada has one fifth of the world’s freshwater. 3. The Canadian government established one of the most northern settlements in the world by tricking 8 families into living there and then not allowing them to leave. 4. Canada has a little-known, "world class," elite special ops force called Joint Task Force 2, which was the only foreign unit accepted to join top-tier U.S. special operations units in Afghanistan. 5. California has a bigger population than Canada. 6. Canada was so nice to their POW's during World War 2 that almost 20% of them requested to stay after the war. 7. The USA spent 2 years building a fort to protect from Canadian invasion, but it was accidentally built in Canada. They abandoned construction and called it Fort Blunder. 8. ...

We all know Vatican City is surrounded by Rome, Italy. A s far as the general public knows, the Vatican City is headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, home to the Pope and a trove of iconic art and architecture. The city has one of the most famous and oldest libraries in the world. But ever thought about that what is so special at The Vatican city library . To be more precise what is commonly known as ‘ Vatican Secret Archives ’. The 85km of shelving in the Vatican's Secret Archives holds manuscripts and publications accumulated over more than 12 centuries. It is restricted section in the Vatican City library. No one is allowed to browse the Archives – they’re called Secret for a reason! -And who so ever want access to these areas, must specifically ask to view a particular text, only select scholars, academics, and journalists are allowed to enter the Archives . The library is home to original letters written by Michelangelo, documents relating to expendi...

Most Interesting Random Facts 1. 'Kung-Fu Panda' (2008) was so successful in China that it caused a national debate on why Westerners made a better film about Chinese culture than the Chinese themselves. 2. 85% of bikinis sold never touch the water. 3. India consumes almost as much whisky as the rest of the world put together. Instead of Scotch, Indians drink local varieties bearing Scottish-sounding names, such as McDowell’s or Bagpiper, that are made from molasses.  4. When humans domesticated wolves, we basically bred Williams syndrome into dogs, which is characterized by "cognitive difficulties and a tendency to love everyone". 5. Due to the historically long bond between dogs and humans, dogs have evolved to understand human laughter. 6. Apples you buy in the grocery store are 5-12 months old. They are stored in a special low temperature, low oxygen (2%) environment, which preserves the nutritional content of the fruit. 7. C...