A Canadian was the first to shoot people out of cannons
4,443 views · Published 4 December 2018 · 3:22 · Indexed 8 October 2026
Channel: National Post · 2018 · News & Politics
To be clear, we didn’t invent shooting people with cannons, although we’re very good at it. Rather, it’s a Canadian invention to put someone inside a cannon and fire them out of it for entertainment purposes. Maker Nation: The National Post's showcase of non-snowmobile things invented by Canada. Watch more Maker Nation episodes A Canadian invented peanut butter — but not the Caesar https://youtu.be/RrpzhDr82NA Serving McDonalds to Communists https://youtu.be/Qfg9X7Fht2o A Canadian was the first to shoot people out of cannons https://youtu.be/hI3agng_GM0 How Canadians revolutionized bras https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftsO3FpgxSo A Canadian invented the computer language that runs everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF6PxfEDNtI How Canadians revolutionized bras https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftsO3FpgxSo The Canadian who invented the way to not die of AIDS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJKE5tiZoU How Canada convinced the world to eat engine lubricant https://youtu.be/AQ3oSp6_FOE Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/user/nationalpost https://nationalpost.com Produced by John Richardson and Tristin Hopper Edit & Photo illustration: John Richardson
