Results: Strange But True Part 3
Published on 03/15/2024
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We've all heard of monetary reserves or even weapons reserve, but how about butter reserves? Canada has one, and its massive stockpile is stored at a Montreal warehouse, maintained by the Canadian Dairy Commission, and holds so much butter that every citizen could receive one pound each. That means the stockpile is so large it could weigh as much as 39 million pounds — or the same as 2,500 elephants. Did you know about Canada's butter reserve?
No
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1806 votes
Yes, and I am Canadian
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Yes, and I am not Canadian
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Keeping to the subject in question 1, it's not just butter Canada is hoarding. Capable of holding nearly 100 million pounds of maple syrup, Canada's famous reserve was the subject of a months-long heist in 2011 and 2012. Canada exports 83% of the world's maple syrup, and thanks to the stockpile, there are rarely global shortages. Are you familiar with any of these world reserves?
China is the world's largest pork consumer, so it makes sense that the country holds on to a stockpile of the meat in case of emergencies. Last year, Chinese authorities tapped into the reserve in the face of skyrocketing pork prices.
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In 2019, the Malaysian Fisheries Development Authority announced they would stockpile 1,000 metric tons of frozen fish, enough to cover the country's needs in the event of a shortage during monsoon season.
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In a bid to ensure food security after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam stockpiled 270,000 metric tons of rice. Ensuring the country's rice stores are well-stocked is a common move in Vietnam: In 2021, the government purchased and stockpiled crops from farmers who saw their sales slashed by pandemic restrictions.
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With climate change hitting cabbage supplies, South Korea plans to establish two warehouses capable of storing ten thousand tons of cabbage and pickling 50 tons of kimchi daily. The warehouses, as large as three football fields, are expected to be complete in 2025 to avoid a shortage of the spicy side dish eaten daily by many Koreans.
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None of them
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It's been over 60 years since the original "Leave it to Beaver" TV series completed its run, but the show, which ran from 1957 to 1963, remains front-of-mind to fans, including the Bryon Nelson., the Milwaukee-area man who runs Facebook's original and oldest Leave It To Beaver Fan Club, which has nearly 25,000 members. Nelson is a Leave It To Beaver vault of trivia, including that the first toilet to appear on screen happened on the show in 1957, when the kids buy a pet alligator and hide it in the toilet tank. Did you watch Leave It To Beaver?
Yes
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Still do in reruns
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Saw a few episodes
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Never
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Have never heard of this show
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Paul Alexander, an American man who spent more than 70 years living in an iron lung, died March 11. He was 78. Alexander, who was also known online as 'Iron Lung Man,' spent the last seven decades of his life living in an iron lung after contracting polio when he was a child in the 1950s. The Dallas, Texas resident was diagnosed with polio when he was 6 years old and was paralyzed from the neck down, leaving him unable to breathe on his own. Despite being confined to a 600-pound iron lung, Alexander obtained his law degree, passed the bar to become a lawyer and wrote a book, all while his entire body, except his head, was immobilized in the machine. Alexander's positive attitude, despite his condition, was an inspiration to many. Are you surprised how much he accomplished confined to an iron lung?
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Undecided
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