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BLAME CANADA!

Canada is 1st in literacy rate
Canada is 1st in waste produced per person
Canada is 1st in ATM usage
Canada was the 1st country to mine uranium
Canada was the 1st western country to recognize Ukrainian independence
Canada was the 1st country to have a domestic communications satellite
Canada was the 1st country to adopt a national multiculturalism policy
Canada is the 1st in hydro power generation
Canada was the 1st British colony to gain self-government

Canada also has...
...the highest ocean tides (Bay of Fundy)
...the longest covered bridge (New Brunswick)
...the longest street (Yonge Street, Toronto at 1,178 miles)
...the largest National Park (Wood Buffalo Park, Alberta)

REALITY-TV ROUND-UP!

America's Next Top Model winner (and real-sized girl), Whitney:

American Idol winner, underdog and cool-@ss rocker, David Cook:

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PIECE OF BLASPHEMY

Aww, poor Britney. Up on the cross, no less. To return to the original post, click here.

LEGO MADNESS

Here are some more crazy things people made with Lego toys. (To go back to the original article, click here.)

SOPRANOS QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Creator David Chase wanted to call the show The Sopranos, but HBO originally said no. Why?
c) They were afraid the viewers would think the show was about opera singers. They suggested Family Guy, but backed away when Fox debuted a show with that name.

2. Which of the following other titles were also considered before HBO finally gave in?
d) All of the above

3. How did James Gandolfini (a.k.a. Tony Soprano) take up acting?
d) "A friend took me to an acting class, and I was scared to death. That made me really mad, so I stayed. I don't know why."

4. Who said, "Hit them over the head with a baseball bat, and they come around," and, "I'm come come back here and carve my initials in your forehead. You better show me the respect I deserve!"
b) Tony Sirico, the actor who plays Paulie Wlanuts, who really was a gangster in the 1970s. He made the threats during a confrontation with a discotheque owner. He was arrested 28 times for suspected mob-related crimes, and even imprisoned once.

5. What is a goomah?
c) The same as a comare—a mobster's mistress Don't confuse it with "goombah" which means "godfather"

6. What was one of the challeneges Michael Imperioli had to overcome to play Tony Soprano's nephew, Christopher Moltisanti?
a) Learning how to drive. Like many naive New Yorkers, he never learned to drive.

7. What is an "executive game"?
b) An exclusive, high-stakes poker game for celebrities and rich people.