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Archive: Ontario Cool Facts

Fairmont Royal York Bee Hive

More than 300,000 bees now reside on the roof of The Fairmont Royal York Hotel - helping to pollinate thousands of plants in the city’s downtown core

Conservation Halton Salamanders

Burlington road often closes early spring for migration of endangered salamanders

Napoleon's Socks - Bata Shoe Museum

We’ve got Napoleon’s dirty socks - no kidding! They haven’t even been washed

Baseball legend Babe Ruth hit is first major league home run at Hanlan’s Point on Toronto Islands

America’s Sweetheart was Canadian Mary Pickford, who was born where Sick Children’s Hospital now stands

Toronto Towers

More than 140 Toronto office towers are cooled by Deep Lake Cooling - using frigid Lake Ontario water

One of the World’s Largest Collection of Lilacs is at Ontario’s Royal Botanical Gardens

Canada’s Royal Canadian Mint created the World’s First Million Dollar Coin

Friday the 13th Port Dover

One cool party: Motorcyclists by the tens of thousands congregate in Port Dover every Friday the 13th

Roman Column

Toronto City Hall has a Roman Column that dates to 300 AD

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