Canada is so cold right now that the footballs used in CFL practices won't stop popping
Complain all you want about November's unseasonably cold temperatures, America, Canada still has you beat.
That tweet came from the Edmonton Eskimos' equipment manager, who added that the CFL team's practice in Alberta, Canada, last week hit -18 degrees Celsius (or right below zero degrees Fahrenheit).
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