Author:
History Major
If you're a Newfoundlander, you should be proud!
Here are a few tidbits of information that you may have never known before:
we were...
the first province to respond to Titanic's distress signal
the first to vaccinate for smallpox
the first to host a transatlantic flight
the first to have wireless communication in the world
the first place to discover proof of the theory of continental drift
we have...
the oldest street in North America
the oldest city in North America
the oldest rock in the world
the oldest continuous sporting event (Regatta Day rules!)
the largest university in Atlantic Canada
the most pubs per square foot in Canada (George Street)
caught the world's largest invertebrate (giant squid)
we are...
the funniest people in Canada (ask anybody)
the sexiest people in Canada (Macleans magazine survey)
the only province that has four identifiable flags
the only province able to land the space shuttle (Stephenville)
the most giving people in Canada (Stats Canada)
the most sexually active people in all of Canada (what else are we gonna do?)
a Newfoundlander...
built the world's first artificial ice arena
invented the gas mask
was once govenor of northern Rhodesia
was with Abraham Lincoln at Gettysberg
we are the only province to have its own...
encyclopedia
dictionary
pony
dogs
cultural publication
B y reading this, you now know more about Newfoundland than...well, almost everyone!!
|
