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17 Interesting Facts About The Canary Islands
Everything Everywhere ^ | 3-28-2019

Posted on 03/28/2019 10:25:50 AM PDT by blam

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Are People From The Canary Islands White?

Best Answer: Yes, of course. The original inhabitants of the Canary islands were the Gaunches who were descendants of Berbers, a white North African group. In fact, the original Spanish explorers were surprised to find that many of the natives had blond hair, unique among North African groups! The natives were later supplanted by the Spanish who colonized the islands in the 15th century. Modern Canary Islanders are mainly of Spanish background, but some do have significant amounts of native ancestry. However, today the population of the Canary Islands looks no different than the majority of other Spaniards.

1 posted on 03/28/2019 10:25:51 AM PDT by blam
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To: SunkenCiv; wildbill

Ping.


2 posted on 03/28/2019 10:26:23 AM PDT by blam
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To: nutmeg

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3 posted on 03/28/2019 10:28:11 AM PDT by nutmeg (democRATs: The party of Infanticide, Open Borders, Crime, High Taxes and "Free" Sh*t)
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Posted 17 years ago:

Something You Didn't Know About Cajuns (Ilenos, Canary Islands)

4 posted on 03/28/2019 10:29:21 AM PDT by blam
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No good.
I’ve known too many Spaniards.


5 posted on 03/28/2019 10:29:45 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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"..chicken,they taste like unfulfilling tiny bits of chicken"

6 posted on 03/28/2019 10:34:47 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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No canaries on the Canary Islands? I heard it’s the same story on the Virgin Islands......no canaries.


7 posted on 03/28/2019 10:45:07 AM PDT by spudville
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Thanks for posting this, blam. Very interesting and intriguing.


8 posted on 03/28/2019 10:45:25 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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No canaries in the Canary Islands. It’s like the Virgin Islands. No canaries there, either.

Sorry.... I just like that gag.


9 posted on 03/28/2019 10:45:34 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: spudville

Great minds....


10 posted on 03/28/2019 10:46:30 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: blam

Very interesting. Thanks.


11 posted on 03/28/2019 10:48:56 AM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: blam; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ...
Thanks blam. I suspect that the biggest selling automobile there is either the Land Rover or the Range Rover.

Yes, that was a dog joke.

12 posted on 03/28/2019 10:49:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie)
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18. The Canary Island has a current named for them that is the Eastern boundary of the only sea completely defined by currents.


13 posted on 03/28/2019 10:49:48 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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“The use of peppers and chilies originally came from African Berbers”

Every source says chili peppers came from the New World.


14 posted on 03/28/2019 10:50:17 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: spudville

Well done!!!


15 posted on 03/28/2019 10:53:17 AM PDT by PGR88
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"Every source says chili peppers came from the New World."

Yup. That's what I've been taught too. I've read that it was the Spanish who took the Caribbean hot peppers all over the world.

16 posted on 03/28/2019 10:54:39 AM PDT by blam
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"Yes, that was a dog joke."

When Did We Start Naming Our Dogs Rover, And Why?

"One stereotypical name for a dog is Fido, from the Latin for faithful. "

17 posted on 03/28/2019 11:00:31 AM PDT by blam
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To: TexasGator
The word "chili" comes from Nahautl (the language of the Aztecs), so it is from the New World.

The canary bird got its name from the Canary Islands--one of the places which it is native to.

18 posted on 03/28/2019 11:01:28 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Calvin Locke

Sargasso Sea

19 posted on 03/28/2019 11:09:58 AM PDT by blam
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To: spudville

No coal mines in the Canary Islands either?


20 posted on 03/28/2019 11:19:05 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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