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TIL Canola Oil is a marketing name for rapeseed oil. Canadian Oil Low Acid.

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DQd8P TIL about "the yips", the sudden and unexplained loss of ability to perform certain actions in experienced athletes across many sports. For example, All-Star pitcher Jon Lester began struggling to field hit balls in 2014 so he would run most of the way to 1st base and underhand throw the ball.
8e9yP TIL about a successful professional fisherman born without legs or hands, and uses no prosthetics (video in comments)
X04Jj TIL that there is a hotel in Sweden made entirely out of ice, including the beds and furniture, which is rebuilt every winter.
GlmQ TIL there are 12 U.S. cities with a population of 1.
p4KN TIL: Mozart could pirate music at 14 by illegally transcribing it. He was so good at it, the Pope changed the law.