In Canada, the $1 and $2 come in the form of coins. The $1 is nicknamed a "loonie" because it contains a loon on it and the $2 is nicknamed the "twonie" because it is the equivalent of two "loonies."

10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.

The word "moose" comes from the native Algonquian Indian word meaning "twig eater."

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