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TIL that Canola is actually a contraction of "Canadian Oil, Low Acid"

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0dbJR TIL six Italian scientists were convicted of manslaughter in 2012 and sentenced to 6 years in jail for making inaccurate predictions about the L'Aquila earthquake which killed 309 people in 2009. They were later acquitted on appeal.
kYgg TIL the reason competing retail stores like CVS/Walgreens open right beside each other: if the consumer does not have a preference for either chain, then both stores stand an increased chance of making a sale compared to them being apart.
xV4gD TIL that Aramaic -the language spoken by the historical Jesus- is still being spoken as a mother tongue in a small village in Syria.
eEjD TIL alcohol is prohibited in the British Parliament with one exception: the chancellor can drink while delivering the annual budget statement.
oRNP7 TIL the term 'blood bath' references Roman bull sacrifices (2nd to 4th c.) in which a priest is entrenched below a bull slaughter to bathe in the blood - Taurobolium (Prudencius: Peristephanon)