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TIL: Sais are a bludgeoning weapon

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7gNL TIL that Canola is made from Rapeseed. Wanting to avoid the negative connotation of the word ‘rape’ the Rapeseed Association of Canada coined the new name from Canada (Can) and Oil (Ola).
GrmG TIL when Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded, the executioner held her head aloft and said, “God save the Queen,” at which pointthe auburn tresses in his hand turned out to be a wig and the head fell to the ground, revealing that Mary had very short, grey hair.
womd1 TIL - "Hey You Guys!!" Was Sloth covering The Electric Company show from PBS.
1bKW TIL Alfred Heineken proposed the creation of rectangular Heineken beer bottles, so that people in poor places could use the empty bottles as bricks to build structures. The company rejected the designs for a number of reasons, saying that the first prototype looked “too effeminate.”
rRAno TIL there’s an Australian street artist named “Wanksy” who draws large penises on potholes in order to convince the city council to fix them.