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The US Navy is the second biggest air force in the world
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Theatres took a while to get to grips with toilets. In 1885 London’s Victoria Theatre had a capacity of 2,200 people and 1 toilet.
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Switzerland has about 20 distilleries with around 59 brands, including Flaviaristas' darling Saentis. Distilling only became legal there in 1999.
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Stephen King And His Corgi Marlowe
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I am shocked this story is not told in all Canadian elementary schools. After a successful career with the Toronto Maple Loafs Tim was traded down south to the Buffalo Sabres, but he continued to live in Toronto. Tim was driving home on the QEW after one of the Sabre games in a high speed sports car (I don't know the make), he lost control, was involved in a one car accident, and died. I do not know if alcohol was involved or whether he was simply tired. Tim was smart enough to focus on a career after hockey and, unfortunately did not live long enough to enjoy the fruits of his labour.
Two. Linus and ReRun.
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Tim Horton - Death and aftermath
In the early morning of February 21, 1974, Horton was killed in a car accident when he lost control of his white De Tomaso Pantera sports car on the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) in St. Catharines, Ontario. He had played a game in Toronto the previous evening against his former team, the Maple Leafs, and was driving alone back to Buffalo, 100 mi (160 km) south. The Sabres had lost the game, and despite sitting out the third period and playing with a jaw and ankle injury, Horton was selected one of the game's three stars.
Horton's Pantera had been given to him by Sabres' manager Punch Imlach as an enticement to return to the team for one more season.
While driving to Buffalo, Horton stopped at his office in Oakville, and was met there by Ron Joyce. While there, Horton phoned his brother Gerry, who recognized that Tim had been drinking and tried to convince him not to go. Joyce also offered to have Horton stay with him. Horton chose to continue his drive to Buffalo.
After 4:00 a.m., a woman reported to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Burlington that she had observed a car travelling at a high rate of speed on the QEW. A warning was broadcast over police radio. Thirty minutes later, OPP Officer Mike Gula observed a speeding vehicle travelling Niagara-bound on the QEW in Vineland. Gula activated his siren and attempted to pursue Horton's vehicle, but lost sight of it.
Horton passed a curve in the road at Ontario Street and was approaching the Lake Street exit in St. Catharines when he lost control and drove into the centre grass median, where his tire caught a recessed sewer and then flipped several times before coming to a stop on its roof in the Toronto-bound lanes. Not wearing a seatbelt, Horton was found 123 ft (37 m) from the car. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
