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...that the travel time of the sternwheeler Lytton (pictured) on the stretch of the Columbia River known as Little Dalles was six hours upriver, but less than seven minutes downriver?
...that Canadian band Article One took their name from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights after hearing about it on U2's Vertigo Tour?e-election campaign to treat colleague Tony Lupusella who was suffering a nervous breakdown?
... that Canadian radio broadcaster Clyde Gilmour hosted a weekly national show for more than 40 years, presenting from his substantial personal music collection?
...that Canada's largest dry-bulk shipping company, The Fednav Group, has a fleet of over eighty ships?
...that Carlyle Clare Agar developed new techniques for flying helicopters by flying high in the Canadian Rockies?