Snowmobiles invented in Canada you say? Go figure.
is the famous robotic arm designed for use in space in 1981. Today, the Canadarm 2 is used by astronauts on the International Space Station.
120. Dr. Frederick Banting and Dr. Charles Best discovered insulin as a treatment for diabetes in 1922.
121. Te National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg developed an Ebola vac- cine in 2015.
122. Te Winnipeg Rh Laboratory is world-renowned for developing treatment of Rh disease in newborns. Winnipeg research lead to a treate- ment that has successfully prevented this fatal disease by 99 per cent.
123. Canadians, James Till and Er- nest McCulloch are credited with the discovery of the stem cell.
124. Canada's post office receives millions of letters in different lan- guages addressed to "Santa Claus, North Pole, HOH OHO"each year and each one is responded to.
125. Alexander Graham Bell invent- ed the telephone in Canada and Sir Sandford Fleming introduced Stan- dard Time.
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Ice road trucking, a true Canadian adventure.
126. Of course, the snowmobile was invented in Canada. Other Canadian inventions include: Kerosene,
canola, Pablum, electron
microscope, pager, walkie talkies, pros- thetic hand, cardiac pacemaker, crash position indicator, key frame anima- tion, Blackberry and LSST telescope, and IMAX to name a few.
127. Canadians have invented some of the best board games including Trivial Pursuit, Balderdash, Pictionary, table hockey and the 3-D jigsaw puzzle.
electric range,
128. Nine officers formed the first North-West Mounted Police in 1873. By 1920, the N.W.M.P merged with the Dominion Police to become the famous Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
129. Ice Road Truckers has aired for the past decade on the History Chan- nel and demonstrates the tenacity of hardcore truckers as they face the el- ements and drive the dangerous ice roads over frozen lakes and muskeg. Te delivery of goods on ice roads
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