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Today, we're discovering wondrous facts about beautiful Canada, "The True North, strong and free". 1. Canada is bigger than the European Union, and is the second largest country by total area, behind Russia. 2. Canada has a lot of celebrities; with artists like Drake, Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, Sarah Mclachlan, and more. Canada has actors and actresses like Sandra Oh, Keanu Reeves, Ryan Gosling, Jason Priestley, and Anna Paquin. Drake 3. Canadian bank notes have Braille cells/blocks on them.  According to Wikipedia, the $5 bill  has  one cell, with the $10, $20, and $50 denominations each having one more cell than previous. 4. Canada is the world's most educated country. 60.9% of adults in Canada between the ages of 25 and 34 have earned some form of higher education. 5. According to Forbes, Canada is the 10th friendliest country in the world, based on the following scores: Friendly attitude towards

The MGM Garden Arena, Las Vegas, was host to the 2019 Billboard Music Awards which held on May 1, 2019. This was a glorious night for Drake who officially became the most decorated artist in the history of the Billboard Music Awards. On Wednesday night, Drake saw his overall Billboard Awards tally rise to 27. Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie opened the show with a beautiful performance.  BTS, Paula Abdul, Jonas Brothers, Halsey, Madonna, Khalid, and 2019 ICON Award recipient Mariah Carey also graced the awards ceremony with their performances. Cardi B who led the nominees with 21 nominations in 18 categories took home a number of awards (6), which include top rap female artist, Top Hot 100 song, top-selling song, top radio song, top collaboration and top rap song. Maroon 5  nabbed four, and Ella Mai, Ozuna, Luke Combs and Lauren Daigle nabbed three. See the complete list of winners below. ARTIST AWARDS Top Artist: Cardi B Drake -- WINNER Ariana Grande Post Malone

Taylor Swift accepts Tour of the Year Award Thursday at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles. The sixth annual iHeartRadio Music Awards returned on Thursday, March 14, 2019, and was aired live on  FOX at 8/7C, from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The show was hosted by R&B singer/rapper/producer T-Pain. Top stars like Arana Grande, Alicia Keys, Halsey, the Backstreet Boys, John Legend and Garth Brooks graced the night with their performances. Alicia Keys was honored with the iHeartRadio Innovator Award, while Halsey was presented with the iHeartRadio Fangirls Award. Brooks was awarded the first Artist of the Decade Award. Taylor Swift was honored with the coveted Tour of the Year Award. In her acceptance speech, she revealed new music was underway.  "I also just wanted to say before I go that I love your passion, I love your attention to detail, I love how much you care, and I love seeing all the things that you're posting online," she said. &quo