The light bulb was developed by Henry Woodword, a Canadian in 1874, then he sold the patent to Thomas Edison.
If the American looks consipracy/militia minded (and most of them are), try this one: Canadians are the ones who led the way in high-altitude, super sophisticated MACH2 interceptors, such as the AVRO ARROW which the USA wanted so badly that they did everything possible to stop us from producing them. They failed.
Most modern navy in the world. I'm not kidding.
You tried to invade us once. Once.
CANADA won the War of 1812, not the USA. Why? I believe that if a country can get into a nation's capital by killing the country's army off and burn down the White House, then they have basically won the war.
If I'm not mistaken, Canada has burnt down the White House . . . not once, but twice! Only country to do so.
Nuclear meltdowns. We haven't had one. Nuclear crisis? None of those either.
You test your missiles on us, and we don't complain!
Quick, name a country that has dropped atomic bombs on real, live people! (hint: it rhymes with Bunited Strates of Bamerica.
We are the leaders in telephone technology.
Canadian diplomats smuggled a bunch of American hostages out of the Middle East. I don't know why we bothered, but we did. Your welcome!
Canadian spies have completed some astounding missions, from stealing Japanese codes from embassies during WWII, to the capture of a Nazi enigma machine.
In the early 1900's, when alcohol was still illegal in the USA, Canadians risked their lives to smuggle beer and other alcoholic substances down to America.
"Eh" sounds a lot better than "huh", eh?
We know how, and when to use the word, "eh".
At least we have a legitimate claim to be interested in the Royal Family!
Canadian flag? We don't have to change it every time we add a province.
We have never flown another country's national flag upside down before. (1992 World Series ring a bell?)
Our cities don't shut down because of a bit of wimpy frost.
Canada has more clean water than any other nation.
At least our inner cities are still habitable.
We have the world's longest bridge.
We have the world's longest street.
We have the world's tallest totem pole.
Canada is ranked the NUMBER ONE nation in the world by the UN eight years in a row.
Superman, blindly stolen by the USA for their own propoganda purposes.
No one here likes 90210. there will never be a show named M5W 1L6.
Japanese tourists just love Anne of Green Gables.
Much Music kicks MTV's ***.
X-Files was filmed in Vancouver.
Mike Myers is not only Austin Powers, but he is Dr. Evil and Fat Bastard as well.
Celine Dion performed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic opening ceremonies. Where was American, Gloria Estefan? Oh, right, I remember now. She was sitting in a corner, pouting because her country decided to pick a Canadian singer to sing in THEIR Olympic Games instead of her.
We kicked your ass in the 100m and in the 150m. Ohh baby, it hurts to be this good, eh?
When was the last time the USA won an international curling match?
We've got better hockey players than you do.
Two words for you: Wayne Gretzky.
The 98-99 All-Star Game as well as the 99-00 North American team had an all-Canadian starting line-up, voted in by the fans, I might add. So, um, whatever happened to the so-called "American takeover" of Canada's game?
We invented basketball.
We invented hockey.
We invented lacrosse.
We invented 5-pin bowling.
We were the first to play modern football.
Socialized health care, so there!
I've never had to go through a metal detector at school.
Canada introduced peace-keeping to the world.
We discovered the effects of insulin on diabetes.
Let's put it this way: 3 Coors = 1 Canadian beer.
We may have an accent, but at least I've never spelled "thru", "nite", "glo" or "EZ" quite like you do.
Largest unguarded border in the world? Hey buddy, we're sharing it with you.
The river in my city? I can swim in it.
We invented the telephone - maybe you've heard of it.
I'm not afraid to walk down the street at night.
