by Diana Filer
1. Through an act of Parliament, The beaver became the official symbol of Canada in March, 1975, fifty years ago, although it had unofficially been recognized as such long before that.
2. Canada’s official telephone number is 1 800 0 CANADA.
3. Samantha Quan is the wife of Sean Baker, this year’s Oscar winner for Best Picture, Anora. Quan, who is from Vancouver, was also the Producer of Anora.
4. A targa top is a semi-convertible car roof, with a full width roll bar behind the seats. It was first devised for Porsches.
5. Black crows have the largest brains of all birds according to their size
