So what’s the deal with Toronto, eh?
SKYBRITE
Published
10/08/2015
Toronto, the most populated city in Canada is full of surprises. Here are a few facts that you probably didn’t know about Toronto.
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For starters, One quarter of Canada’s population lives within a 160 km radius of Toronto. That’s pretty insane considering the size of Canada as a whole. -
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Unlike anywhere here in the U.S., the legal drinking age in Toronto is 19. -
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Recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records, Yonge street is the longest in the world, stretching just under 1200 miles long, starting in Toronto and ending just north of the Minnesota border. -
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Toronto is also home to Condom Shack, the infamous sex shop that sells every type of condom imaginable. If you want a cola flavored condom, then look no further. -
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The CN tower is a great place to get an amazing view of the city, but for the adventurous, you can pay a little extra to dangle over the edge at 1,168 feet in the air. -
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Toronto is famous for the Toronto International Film Festival, but there are more that 70 other film festivals that take place here every year. -
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Downtown you can find exactly half of a house. After a developer bought the land that half of this house occupied, literally half of the house was removed. The owners decided to leave the other half as it was. -
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All around Toronto you’ll find strange but quaint homes that seem uninhabited. That’s because the city built small homes to hide the transformers throughout Toronto. -
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Hungry? Well, Toronto is home to over 8000 restaurants. -
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We all know that ice skating and hockey are huge in Canada and that’s why you can find over 50 public skating rinks in Toronto alone. -
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If you thought the Mall of America was crazy, then you haven’t seen PATH, the largest underground shopping complex in the world, located underneath Toronto -
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In 1999, Toronto was hit by two snow storms within one week, accumulating more than five feet -
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Although Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was filmed in Japan, the audio was done in Toronto. Most of the singing and dialogue is done by Toronto natives themselves. -
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Also, Jim Carrey comes from Toronto. -
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Believe it or not, the Toronto Maple Leafs haven’t won a Stanley Cup since 1967, yet their games almost always sell out due to die hard fans. -
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Show a little love for Toronto
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