Rene Robert and the “French Connection” scores a OT winning goal for Buffalo during the 1975 Stanley Cup finals against Philadelphia. Due to unseasonably hot weather and no air conditioning in the Buffalo Auditorium a fog was created across the ice. Unrelated - a bat spent most of the game dive bombing the players before being smacked with a stick. The Flyers would win the Cup that year the following week. | Old Canada Series

The Connection Between The Great Benin Kingdom 🇳🇬 & Republic of Benin 🇧🇯 (French: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey The presence of two territories named “Benin” in Africa, and a third if we consider The Bight of Benin, is not coincidental. According to African Oral History, Oba Orhogbua, the 18th Oba of Benin around 1550AD, played a pivotal role. During the expansion of the Benin Empire, Oba Orhogbua conquered territories west of Benin Kingdom, including Dahomey (now Benin Republic