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Cotton candy is a nostalgic
fall-fair favourite. Sugar
is heated to a liquefying
point and spun. As the sugar
re-solidifies, it assumes the shape
we are familiar with: thin strands
of “sugar glass.” Cotton candy
contains mostly air, making it a
“light” choice, really.
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The Canadian Bushplane
Heritage Centre in Sault
Ste. Marie, Ontario, is
a 64,000-square-foot hangar
showcasing more than 30 aircraft
exhibits. It opened in 1987, thanks
to a dedicated group of volunteers
determined to share and save the
history of bush planes and aerial
firefighting in Ontario. Here,
you can learn about the genius
invention of the de Havilland
Fox Moth biplane “Speed Model,”
which was built so the wings
could be folded to save space.
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The Amorphophallus
titanum, or titan arum, is a
flowering plant endemic
to the Indonesian islands of
Sumatra, Java and Bali. It is best
known for its odour, which smells
like a rotting corpse or carcass.
A carrion flower, it garners a lot
of attention when it blooms in
Canadian greenhouses.6
On the flip side, the
most fragrant plants
perfuming our air are a
battle between the cherry-pie
scent of the heliotrope, lily of the
valley, lavender (an herb) and
intoxicating hyacinth. A rallying
cry, of course, goes to the true
sign of spring: the magical whiff
of lilacs.ABOUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF