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35 Things That Will Make You Wish You Went To McGill University

McGill students and grads know there are plenty of things about the university that are less than, shall we say, ideal. And being that we are right in the middle of exam season right now, all of that awful is probably at the forefront of your mind.

That said, speaking as a McGill alumni myself, I know the struggle is real, but how about we look at some of the positive for a minute,

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31 Things You Never Could Have Known About Montreal

Some people (myself included) consider themselves experts on all things Montreal. From restaurants, to history, to statistics, these self-proclaimed Montreal-experts seem to know it all. You probably know one, or are one yourself. Well, now it's time to put that claim to the test.

Compiling information gleaned from a large number of Montreal-based censuses, I've found a plethora of factoids, figures, and bits of info that is sure to surprise even the most knowledgeable of Montrealers.

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14 Bullsh*t Sounding Facts About Montreal That Are Actually True

Every once in a while, your smart aleck friend will be spouting out their usual verbal mess of factoids, and while you're trying to ignore their obvious attempt to sound smart, one bit of info hits your ears that makes you go "no way dude, that's bullsh*t."

The thing is, you have no clue if said fact is actually false, it just sounds kind of ridiculous, and so you stay quiet even though you could have lost the chance to make your smarter-than-thou friend seem like a tool.

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20 Little Coffee Facts Totally Worth Knowing About

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Coffee is more than just a beverage. Coffee is a lifestyle, a culture, and a piece of living history all at once, along with being your daily saving grace when you're feeling groggy and sluggish. With cups consumed by the billions each and every day, with a legacy spanning centuries, coffee has, and still does, play an integral role in society, more than you might think.

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An All-New Montreal Twitter Account That Lists Facts About The STM You Never Knew About

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Montreal's transit system, and the company who runs it, the STM, have existed in Montreal since the late 1800's, in one form or another. Throughout the STM's 150+ history, many a special moment (and screw ups) have gone down, too many for any one person to remember and retell. Good thing a new Twitter account, Info Métro, is taking the initiative and telling folks all sorts of factoids about the STM.

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10 Montreal Things You Never Thought Could Happen In The City Yet Actually Did

Photo cred - Shoghi Shams

As one of the oldest cities on the continent, Montreal has a long and sordid history with some pretty astounding events taking place from the city's origins to the present day. Not all of us are historians, so to give you some historical tidbits on the mighty Montreal, we've assembled 10 historical events you never knew could happen in Montreal, but totally did.

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#1 McGill Is The Best University In Canada For Medical-Doctoral Graduates

#2 We're Among The Best Universities In The World

#3 You Need To Have Really Good Grades To Get In

#4 One Of Canada's Best Law Schools

#5 Without McGill, Other Universities & Colleges May Not Exist

#6 Youngest Members Of Parliament Ever

#7 Incredibly Important McGill Discoveries

#8 McGill Grads Get Jobs

#9 Almost A Quarter Of McGill Students Are International

#10 The Most Rhodes Scholars

#11 And The Most Nobel Prize Winners Too

#12 McGill Is One Of Montreal's Top Employers

#13 The First Fraternity For Gay Men In Canada Was Founded At McGill

#14 McGill Is Actually In The Association of American Universities

#15 Over 300 Subjects Can Be Studied At McGill

#16 The University Bears Strong Ties To The Canadian Grenadier Guards

#17 McGill's Faculty Of Law Is The Oldest In Canada

#18 Women Entered McGill Classrooms In 1884

#19 McGill's Campus Is One Of The Most Beautiful In The World

#20 McGill Has Canada's Only Teaching & Research Facility In The Tropics

#21 It Also Launched The First Canadian Degree Program in Japan

#22 McGill's Coat Of Arms Was Recognized And Officiated By Actual English Lords (And Canada)

#23 McGill Boasts The Largest Medical History Library In Canada

#24 The Redpath Musuem Is The Oldest Of Its Kind In The World

#25 North America's First (Recorded) Game Of Rugby Was Put On By McGill Students

#26 As Well As The First Game Of Football

#27 Lets Also Not Forget About The First-Ever Indoor Hockey Game

#28 Or How Basketball Was Invented By A McGill Alumni

#29 Without McGill, There May Not Be A Just For Laugh's Festival

#30 Many McGillians Are Also Olympians

#31 McGill Has Produced Three Prime Ministers

#32 Canada's First Female University Professor Was Appointed At McGill

#33 Modern Heart Surgery Is All Thanks To A McGill Alumna

#34 A McGill Grad Wrote "Oh, Canada"

#35 And Another Drafted The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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The total area for the island of Montreal is 500km2

Combining the temperatures of every month and season, the average temperature of Montreal is 6.8 degrees Celsius.

380 islands, both big and small, can be found in the Greater Montreal Area.

It takes 19 minutes of work in Montreal to afford to buy a Big Mac.

On average, it costs $51 Canadian dollars to buy a meal at a restaurant in Montreal.

Taking a cab in Montreal will cost you, on average, $12.88 Canadian.

The coldest month in Montreal is January, with an average temperature of -9.7 degrees Celsius.

71 different museum-related institutions are housed in the Greater Montreal area.

33% of the entire Greater Montreal population is made up of immigrants born in another country.

Over 270, 000 movies are screen in Montreal every year.

The average Montrealer spends $1,545 on alcohol and tobacco every year.

57.7% of the Greater Montreal population know and understand both French and English.

Out of the total population of Montrealers over the age of 15, 60.3% have a certificate, diploma, or completed post-secondary education.

The three largest employers in Montreal are McGill University, Bell Canada, and the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal.

36% of Montrealers are married.

The largest amount of immigrants in Montreal come from from Italy and Haiti.

It'll cost you (on average) $385,000 to buy a home in Montreal.

A total of 475,095 families live in Montreal as of 2011

34,542 immigrants arrived in Montreal last year.

When it comes to getting to work, 54% of all Montrealers use their car.

In 1660, only 407 people lived on the island of Montreal.

Of all the employment sectors in Montreal, Health and Social Assistance is where the most Montrealers work.

Over 20,000 automobile accidents occur in Montreal every single year.

There are far more tenants in Montreal than owners of property.

To buy a condo in Montreal, you should have about $367,500.

Only 11.8% of the Greater Montreal population make $60k or more every year.

In the last two year, Montreal welcomed over 9 million tourists.

Last year, 422.4 million people rode on the STM bus and metro networks.

From 2003 to 2013, the average number of deaths in Montreal is set at 14, 786

About 215,000 flights leave from Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport every year.

500,000 people walk through the Montreal underground city/network every single day.

1. Montreal Was One Of The Most Important Heroin Ports In North America