- ...that the travel time of the sternwheeler Lytton (pictured) on the stretch of the Columbia River known as Little Dalles was six hours upriver, but less than seven minutes downriver?
- ...that Canadian band Article One took their name from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights after hearing about it on U2's Vertigo Tour?e-election campaign to treat colleague Tony Lupusella who was suffering a nervous breakdown?
- ... that Canadian radio broadcaster Clyde Gilmour hosted a weekly national show for more than 40 years, presenting from his substantial personal music collection?
- ...that Canada's largest dry-bulk shipping company, The Fednav Group, has a fleet of over eighty ships?
- ...that Carlyle Clare Agar developed new techniques for flying helicopters by flying high in the Canadian Rockies?
