That sweetness in the air is not just the arrival of springtime—maple syrup season has arrived in Quebec. Taps drilled into the maple trees collect oozing sap in buckets like these. The sap is then heated to evaporate excess water, leaving the concentrated sugary syrup—yum. And Canada takes its maple syrup very seriously. Producing about 70 percent of the world’s maple syrup, Quebec even has its own ‘maple syrup cartel,’ which works to keep prices stable and maintains the Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve. Now, that’s sticky business.
Sweet! It’s maple syrup season
Today in History
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Paralympic Games begin in Paris
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Château de Villandry, France
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The largest American bison around
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A. M. Foster Bridge in Cabot, Vermont
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The ‘Night of Nights’
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Devetashka Cave, Devetaki, Bulgaria
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Craters of the Moon centennial
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Rockin with the rockhoppers
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El Valle de la Luna, Chile
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Let the Highland games begin
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A misty morning in Brazil
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Giant kelp in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
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A night of art and culture
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Tree of many colors
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It’s Weihnachtsmarkt time!
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Baddest of the badlands
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Mandarin duck, Richmond Park, London, England
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A wetland in Västmanland, Sweden
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Big dreams require a big sleigh
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International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, China
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Star Wars Day
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Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
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World Teachers Day
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Tintern Abbey, Wales
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Watson Lake in Granite Dells, Arizona
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Four Sisters, thousands of trees
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Chocolate Hills
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Haven t you herd? It s World Elephant Day!
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A universe underground