In 1967, the IMAX film system was invented by Canadian Ivan Grame Ferguson to premier at Expo 67.

The Canadian holiday Boxing Day got its name from the custom of giving. Servants were given boxes which had money hidden inside them from their employers. The servants would have to break the box into pieces to get the money.

The thickness of the Arctic ice sheet is on average 10 feet. There are some areas that are thick as 65 feet.

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