What is the average speed (mph) at which snowflakes fall from the sky?
Three to four miles per hour.
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Whichย Canadian bandleader turned "Winter Wonderland" into a hit song?
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians! [Originally a poem written by Richard B. Smith, also known as Dick Smith, while being treated for tuberculosis.]
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True or False...Jingle Bells was one of the first songs to broadcast from space?
True! Gemini 6 astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra in 1965 played a prank on Mission Control.
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How many sides do snowflakes have?
Six. The water crystals that make up snowflakes can only fit together in a way that makes them six-sided.
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How many times is Christmasย mentioned in the song โWinter Wonderlandโ?
Zero! This song is regarded a holiday classic and is still hugely popular to this day.
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In which country did speed skating originate?
The Netherlands (Holland)
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TRUE OR FALSE: Making loud sounds, like shouting, can trigger an avalanche of snow.
False! That's just something you see in movies. In most avalanches, weather (wind, snow, rain or sun) adds stress to a large snowpack on a mountain.
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TRUE OR FALSE: All snowflakes are unique โ there are no two alike.
Mostly true except an American scientist named Nancy Knight found two identical snow crystals during a storm in Wisconsin in 1988!
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TRUE OR FALSE: Earth is the only planet with snow.
False. Experts believe that snow can also be found on the planets Mars and Venus.
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What is the name of the medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce it and the body's temperature gets dangerously low?
Hypothermia
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TRUE OR FALSE: The largest one-day snowfall in Canada was about 145 centimetres (about the height of a 10-year-old kid).
True! On February 11, 1999, about 145 centimetres of snow fell in the town of Tahtsa Lake, British Columbia in just 24 hours.
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After heart attacks, Canadians are most likely to die in the winter from: a) Falling off chairlifts b) Being speared by runaway skis c) Falling off chairlifts and then being speared by runaway skis d) Car accidents
d) car accidents
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True or False? The Arctic Fox turns white during winter and then changes back to its grey color when it is over?