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Did you know that Canada has the world's largest coastline at 125,566 miles?  The highest tides in the world can be found in the Canadian province of New Brunswick in the Bay of Fundy. Canada is the second largest country in the world, with 3,855,100 square miles and more than 90% of Canada's population lives within 124 miles of the United States border.  Famous Canadians include singers Celine Dion and Avril Lavigne, actors Jim Carrey, Michael J. Fox, and Pamela Anderson, and athletes, Bobby Orr and Wayne Gretzky! The capital of Canada is Ottawa, which is the 7th coldest capital city in the world, with an annual average temperature of 5.5 degrees Celsius, or 41.9 degrees Fahrenheit.  The largest Canadian city is Toronto, with a 2016 population of almost 3 million people. The largest to smallest Canadian provinces are: Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Is...

Did you know that Sesame Street was almost called 123 Avenue B?  Producers could not use 123 Avenue B, since this was a real New York City street, so the famous Sesame Street name took its place. Sesame Street was able to broadcast on November 10, 1969 on the PBS channel, due to a series of grants totalling eight million dollars.  At first the actors and puppets acted separately, but producers had noticed this and had everyone interacting together.  As a result, there was a lot of positive feedback from families across the world. Some of the show's famous muppets, such as Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Ernie, the Cookie Monster, Kermit the Frog, and The Count, have entertained millions of people over the years. An adorable photo of various Sesame Street characters, such as Big Bird and Grover! Some interesting Sesame Street Facts: Ernie's Rubber Duckie 1970 song had reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 Big Bird is an incredible 8 feet ...

Did you know that Charlie Chaplin once won third place in a look-a-like contest?  This well known actor of the 20th century had a tragic childhood.  His father died of alcohol abuse when he was just 12 years old and his mother was committed to an insane asylum because of periods of insanity.  As a result, he had to work at a young age to provide for himself. Charlie Chaplin, one of the great entertainers of the 20th century! Some other great Charlie Chaplin trivia facts: Charlie Chaplin portrayed Adolf Hitler in the successful film, The Great Dictator.  This was ironic, due to the fact that Chaplin was born four days before Hitler, on April 16th, 1889. Chaplin was the first actor to grace the covers of Time Magazine and was married a total of four times. He had 11 children in total. After Chaplin's death in 1977, his body was dug up and the grave robbers tried to exhort 600,000 Swiss francs from his family.  His body was recovered eleven week...