Hand-written letter from a child saying "Santa Claus, North Pole, H0H 0H0". Source: Canada Post

Santa Claus' postal code in Canada is, famously, "North Pole, H0H 0H0".

How that came to happen, and how there can never be a "real" address assigned H0H0H0, is an interesting short story involving a series of happy accidents...

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Bruce Arthur: Inside Jeff Marek’s unusual path to a career in hockey, the sport that saved his life After leaving Sportsnet and landing with The Nation Network, Marek is still trying to believe he belongs in hockey, even as he invites others in.

My other piece today: I talked with Jeff Marek in the wake of leaving Sportsnet about kindness, about loss, about belonging, and about starting something new. He was really open with me about a lot of things, and we started with how hockey saved his life. www.thestar.com/sports/hocke...

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If you want to read something bonkers but true, try Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Kohler. Discusses drugs used by citizens, soldiers, and Hitler and his people. Got so bad for some soldiers that they decided to surrender rather than continue. Hitler's concoction was bat shit.

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Kids had their first skate today so did some late night ice repairs and a flood

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