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15 things Canada gave to the world To celebrate Canada Day

ItsBeenLongNow

ItsBeenLongNow

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Happy Canada Day!

http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Gallery+things+Canada+gave+world/8602565/story.html

1. Smarties
2. Five-pin bowling. Invented by Thomas F. Ryan in 1909.
3. The alkaline battery. Invented by Lewis Urry in 1954.
4. Basketball. Invented by James Naismith in 1891
5. The Bloody Caesar. Invented in Calgary in 1969
6. Canola. Created in the early 1970s by Keith Downey and Baldur R. Stafansson
7. Insulin as a diabetes treatment - Invented by Frederick Banting, Charles Best and James Collip in 1922.
8. The goalie mask Invented by Jacques Plante in 1959.
9. Justin Bieber
10. Nanaimo bars
11. Peanut butter. First patented by Marcellus Gilmore Edson in 1884
12. Poutine
13. The snowmobile. Invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1937.
14. Trivial Pursuit. Invented by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott in 1979.
15. Walkie-Talkies. Invented by Donald L. Hings and Alfred J. Gross in 1942.

The wait for worth it,
 
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Go-Canada-Go

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ItsBeenLongNow said:
Happy Canada Day!

http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Gallery+things+Canada+gave+world/8602565/story.html

1. Smarties
2. Five-pin bowling. Invented by Thomas F. Ryan in 1909.
3. The alkaline battery. Invented by Lewis Urry in 1954.
4. Basketball. Invented by James Naismith in 1891
5. The Bloody Caesar. Invented in Calgary in 1969
6. Canola. Created in the early 1970s by Keith Downey and Baldur R. Stafansson
7. Insulin as a diabetes treatment - Invented by Frederick Banting, Charles Best and James Collip in 1922.
8. The goalie mask Invented by Jacques Plante in 1959.
9. Justin Bieber
10. Nanaimo bars
11. Peanut butter. First patented by Marcellus Gilmore Edson in 1884
12. Poutine
13. The snowmobile. Invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1937.
14. Trivial Pursuit. Invented by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott in 1979.
15. Walkie-Talkies. Invented by Donald L. Hings and Alfred J. Gross in 1942.

The wait for worth it,
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all we want is the maple leaf......from them.....nothing else...... :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p
 
emamabd

emamabd

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ItsBeenLongNow said:
Happy Canada Day!

http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Gallery+things+Canada+gave+world/8602565/story.html

1. Smarties
2. Five-pin bowling. Invented by Thomas F. Ryan in 1909.
3. The alkaline battery. Invented by Lewis Urry in 1954.
4. Basketball. Invented by James Naismith in 1891
5. The Bloody Caesar. Invented in Calgary in 1969
6. Canola. Created in the early 1970s by Keith Downey and Baldur R. Stafansson
7. Insulin as a diabetes treatment - Invented by Frederick Banting, Charles Best and James Collip in 1922.
8. The goalie mask Invented by Jacques Plante in 1959.
9. Justin Bieber
10. Nanaimo bars
11. Peanut butter. First patented by Marcellus Gilmore Edson in 1884
12. Poutine
13. The snowmobile. Invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1937.
14. Trivial Pursuit. Invented by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott in 1979.
15. Walkie-Talkies. Invented by Donald L. Hings and Alfred J. Gross in 1942.

The wait for worth it,
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you forgot "celine dion" and "shania twain"
 
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sri5529

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Most importantly they gave Sunny Leone!!!!!!!!!
:p :p :p



ItsBeenLongNow said:
Happy Canada Day!

http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Gallery+things+Canada+gave+world/8602565/story.html

1. Smarties
2. Five-pin bowling. Invented by Thomas F. Ryan in 1909.
3. The alkaline battery. Invented by Lewis Urry in 1954.
4. Basketball. Invented by James Naismith in 1891
5. The Bloody Caesar. Invented in Calgary in 1969
6. Canola. Created in the early 1970s by Keith Downey and Baldur R. Stafansson
7. Insulin as a diabetes treatment - Invented by Frederick Banting, Charles Best and James Collip in 1922.
8. The goalie mask Invented by Jacques Plante in 1959.
9. Justin Bieber
10. Nanaimo bars
11. Peanut butter. First patented by Marcellus Gilmore Edson in 1884
12. Poutine
13. The snowmobile. Invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1937.
14. Trivial Pursuit. Invented by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott in 1979.
15. Walkie-Talkies. Invented by Donald L. Hings and Alfred J. Gross in 1942.

The wait for worth it,
Click to expand...
 
mandiebraxton

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ItsBeenLongNow said:
Happy Canada Day!

http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Gallery+things+Canada+gave+world/8602565/story.html

1. Smarties
2. Five-pin bowling. Invented by Thomas F. Ryan in 1909.
3. The alkaline battery. Invented by Lewis Urry in 1954.
4. Basketball. Invented by James Naismith in 1891
5. The Bloody Caesar. Invented in Calgary in 1969
6. Canola. Created in the early 1970s by Keith Downey and Baldur R. Stafansson
7. Insulin as a diabetes treatment - Invented by Frederick Banting, Charles Best and James Collip in 1922.
8. The goalie mask Invented by Jacques Plante in 1959.
9. Justin Bieber
10. Nanaimo bars
11. Peanut butter. First patented by Marcellus Gilmore Edson in 1884
12. Poutine
13. The snowmobile. Invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1937.
14. Trivial Pursuit. Invented by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott in 1979.
15. Walkie-Talkies. Invented by Donald L. Hings and Alfred J. Gross in 1942.

The wait for worth it,
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Justine Bieber?....sorry I will pass :p :p :p

*Mandie*
 
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Justin Bieber??? :eek:

ItsBeenLongNow said:
Happy Canada Day!

http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Gallery+things+Canada+gave+world/8602565/story.html

1. Smarties
2. Five-pin bowling. Invented by Thomas F. Ryan in 1909.
3. The alkaline battery. Invented by Lewis Urry in 1954.
4. Basketball. Invented by James Naismith in 1891
5. The Bloody Caesar. Invented in Calgary in 1969
6. Canola. Created in the early 1970s by Keith Downey and Baldur R. Stafansson
7. Insulin as a diabetes treatment - Invented by Frederick Banting, Charles Best and James Collip in 1922.
8. The goalie mask Invented by Jacques Plante in 1959.
9. Justin Bieber
10. Nanaimo bars
11. Peanut butter. First patented by Marcellus Gilmore Edson in 1884
12. Poutine
13. The snowmobile. Invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1937.
14. Trivial Pursuit. Invented by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott in 1979.
15. Walkie-Talkies. Invented by Donald L. Hings and Alfred J. Gross in 1942.

The wait for worth it,
Click to expand...
 
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Go-Canada-Go

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sri5529 said:
Most importantly they gave Sunny Leone!!!!!!!!!
:p :p :p
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I never heard of her - so goggled and holy lord !!! their she was, do you really think she's of any worth ? to put on the list ?
 
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