When it comes to the age-old battle of America vs. Canada, in terms of coolness, apple pie is so much better than maple syrup. Football is superior to hockey. And even Canadian celebrities like Jim Carey, James Cameron, and Alex Trebek have realized that there is a distinctive difference between plastic-wrapped American and Canadian cheese (American cheese is packed with sophisticated complexities the Canadian version lacks as severely as their peoples' ability to pronounce their Os correctly) and have made the U.S. of A. their home.
What do you have to say about that Canada? Eh? What?! Are you afraid to get in a fight? Of course you are! You’re Canadian…and courteous.
Well, in honor of your polite nature, Canada, this brute American is willing to admit that your side of the Niagara Falls is much better than ours. Your stretch of the Rockies is pretty phenomenal. And now, you have the coolest passports in the entire the world.
Canada has come up with a brilliant way to prevent counterfeiting their passports. They have added a brilliant feature that makes creating a fake one almost impossible.
How?
When you hold a Canadian passport up to a black or UV light, a bright, glow-in-the-dark secret images pops up.
These fun images are cleverly incorporated into each page of their passport and the illuminated details can’t be seen in normal light. This eye-popping feature, along with a biometric chip in the back of the passport, ensures that every Canadian passport is as authentically Canuck as poutine.
These passports, much like American cheese, have to be experienced to be fully understood. Imgur user chachichachichicken has made it possible for us to do so…
For instance, this is what a page of the Canadian passport looks like to the naked eye…
And this is what it looks like under a black light!
Boring.
BAM!
Dull.
DAY-UM!
Yawn.
YOWZA!
Why bother discovering Canada?
Because it’s a par-TAY!
America’s side of Niagara Falls…
Canada’s side of Niagara Falls!!
Uh…
Untz-untz-untz!
Womp womp...
WHOA!
How can you possibly make text look cooler?
Throw in some florescent maple leaves, yo.
BONUS: The Finnish have a pretty cool element to their passports, too.
Please SHARE this stunning discovery with everyone you know because if it becomes popular enough, perhaps the federal government will give our passports a modern makeover!
