Things Newfoundland was the first to do

NEWFOUNDLAND WAS
- The first province to respond to Titanic distress signal.
- The first to vaccinate for smallpox.
- The first to host a transatlantic flight.
- The first to have wireless communication in the world.
- The first place to discover proof of the theory of continental drift.

WE HAVE
- The oldest street in North America.
- The oldest city in North America.
- The oldest rock in the world.
- The oldest continuous sporting event (Regatta Day ).
- The largest university in Atlantic Canada
- The most pubs per square foot in Canada (George Street)
- The longest running radio program in North America
- Caught the world's largest invertebrate (giant squid)

WE ARE
- the funniest people in Canada (ask anybody)
- the sexiest people in Canada (MacLean's magazine survey)
- the only Province that has four identifiable flags
- the only Province able to land the space shuttle (Stephenville)
- the most giving people in Canada (Stats Canada)
- the most sexually active people in all of Canada (what else are we gonna do!!)

A NEWFOUNDLANDER
- built the world's first artificial ice arena
- invented the gas mask
- was once governor of northern Rhodesia
- was with Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg

WE ARE THE ONLY PROVINCE TO HAVE IT'S OWN
- encyclopedia
- dictionary
- pony
- dogs
- cultural publication.

By reading this, you now know more about Newfoundland than, well, almost everyone!!
If you are a proud Newfie you will definitely send this along to others . . and if you are not a Newfie you would probably wish you were