Thursday, August 28

NUMBER TWO!

Canada, our neighbors to the north, are the 35th most populous nation in the world, comes in second in a number of other categories... a surprising number of categories, actually. Here are just a few:

Canada was the 2nd country to legalize marijuana (1st: Belgium)
Canada has the 2nd coldest national capitol (1st: Mongolia)
Canada has the 2nd highest University enrollment rate (1st: United States)
Canada has the 2nd most tornadoes (1st: United States)
Canada is 2nd in pork exports (1st: Denmark)
Canada has the 2nd highest amount of gum chewed per capita (1st: United States)
Canada has the 2nd highest broadband internet access in the world (1st: South Korea)
Canada was the 2nd country to publish a National Atlas (1st: Finland)
Canada has the 2nd highest computer use per capita (1st: United States)
Canada has the 2nd highest water quality (1st: Finland)
Canada has the 2nd most biotech companies (1st: United States)
Canada is the 2nd largest exporter of red meat (1st: Australia)
Canada has the 2nd highest incidence of breast cancer (1st: United States)
Canada is the 2nd most workaholic nation in the world (1st: Japan)
Canada has the 2nd most foreign visitors to Texas (1st: Mexico)
Canada has the 2nd largest oil reserves in the world (1st: Saudi Arabia)
Canada has the 2nd highest proportion of immigration population (1st: Australia)
Canada has the 2nd highest cable TV access (1st: Belgium)
Canada is the 2nd largest producer of greenhouse gases (1st: like you have to ask!)

But Canada is also number one in a number of other things... click here to read that (shorter) list.

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