Statistics Saturday: Several Fake Canadian Provinces Or Territories

• Upper Columbia
• Greater Toronto
• District of Skagway
• Breton
• Lesser Fromronto
• Mtigwaki
• South Brunswick
• Middling Threeronto
• Roberta
• Upper Saddle River
• Fouronto
• Adanac
• Manicotti
• Moosylvania
• Scottish Oregon
• Severaltoba
• Gogebic County, Michigan
• Territory of Sasquatch
• Shuswap Regional District Time
• Montreal Oblast
• Maplesota Territory
• Equatorial Labrador
• Saskatchemifyoucan
• Prince Rupert’s Nose

Note: Mooseapopalis is not named as it is, of course, a fictional city in Nova Carolus and not a fake province or territory of Canada. We weren’t born yesterday.

Fun Fact: I did not call this “Faux Canada” because the wordplay never crossed my mind, and don’t think I’m not all burnt up about that. I may never forgive myself. Well, it’s too late now. Too bad.

Another Fun Fact: I am completely incapable of telling whether a fact is, in fact, fun.

Source: History of the Space Shuttle, Volume 1: The Space Shuttle Decision, 1965 – 1972, T A Heppenheimer.

Finding the Fun: Caffeine Edition

I was hanging out online, since that’s easier than interacting with people, and the conversation turned to caffeine. One person piped up with this:

Fun fact, Red Bull actually has less caffiene than a regular cup of coffee.

While I was getting ready to have a reaction to that — don’t tell me you could respond to that without some warm-up first — someone else laid this on the group:

Fun fact: the lethal amount of caffeine is equal to 10,000 cups of coffee … at once.

OK, so, even if either or both of those are facts, this is fun? What kind of crowd am I moving in?

This is why I mostly drink coffee only when I misunderstood the question.