Newfoundland - Who Knew?

I'm sure you know some folk that you can impress with all this great knowledge!
If you're a Newfie, you should be proud! If you aren't a Newfie..... I bet you wish you were!
Here are a few tidbits of information that you may never have known before:
WE WERE . . . .
The first province to respond to Titanic distress signal.
But not a province yet. The first to vaccinate for smallpox.
The first to host a transatlantic flight. Alcock and Brown in June,1919
The first to have wireless communication in the world. Marconi from Signal Hill to England Dec 12, 1901.

The first place to discover proof of the theory of continental drift. Location Trout River.

WE HAVE . . . The oldest street in North America.

The oldest English speaking city in North America. Formally established as a community in 1583 by Humphry Gilbert.

The oldest rock in the world. A very rare exposed layer of the earth's mantle over 500 million years old.

The oldest continuous sporting event (Regatta Day rules! ) This event dates back to 1816 and possibly back to the 1700's.

The largest university in Atlantic Canada. With it's enrollement of 17,000 students, it is only slightly smaller than the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon which has 18,600 students.

The most pubs per square foot in Canada (George Street) Good night life for some.
The longest running radio program in North America. Fisherman's broadcast.
Caught the world's largest invertebrate (giant squid)

WE ARE. . . .

~ the funniest people in Canada (ask anybody)

~ the sexiest people in Canada (MacLean's magazine survey)

~ the only Province that has four identifiable flags

~ the only Province able to land the space shuttle (Stephenville and Gander)

~ the most giving people in Canada (Stats Canada)

~ the most sexually active people in all of Canada (what else are we gonna do!!)
A NEWFOUNDLANDER. . . . .

~ built the world's first artificial ice arena

~ invented the gas mask

~ was once governor of northern Rhodesia

~ was with Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg


WE ARE THE ONLY PROVINCE TO HAVE IT'S OWN. . . . .

~ encyclopaedia

~ dictionary

~ pony

~ dogs

~ cultural publication
By reading this, you now know more about Newfoundland than.... well, almost everyone!
Send this along to all your friends and let them know what a great place the Rock really is!
If you are a proud Newfie.... you will definitely send this along to others....
and if you are not a Newfie.... you probably wish you were!

I have know it all along, he was right!!!

I  just found this, even though it is a few years old. It is proof!!

Douglas Adams was right

Meaning of universe is 42

By Nick Farrell

Fri Jul 06 2007, 09:24

THE WRITER OF the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams has turned out to have been correct when he guessed that the answer to life the universe and everything was 42.

Well at least he was when the number is applied to the mass of the Milky Way galaxy.

Boffins have spent ages in deep thought and worked out that our galaxy weighs three times 10 to the power of 42 kilograms - a number written as 3 followed by 42 zeroes.

This number becomes very important to boffins who what to calculate such important concepts such as the nature of dark matter, what happens to light when it passes down the centre of two black holes or how many angels can be fitted on the head of a pin.

According to AP, Professor Freeman, an astrophysicist with Mt Stromlo Observatory and the Australian National University's Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics in Canberra presented his findings to Astronomical Society of Australia's annual meeting in Sydney.

Of course it does not supply the very important 'question' to the answer, which the boffins are fairly sure is not "how many roads must a man walk down?" or "what do you get when you multiple seven by nine?"

The news would have amused Adams. When asked if he chose the number 42 because of some occult cabbalistic significance, Adams said "no it was just a gag."