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TIL that the term "canola oil" a contraction of “Canada” and “oil“, was a name coined to avoid the less marketable word for the product, "rapeseed oil"

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OaZ6 TIL that the most expensive album ever produced is Guns ‘n Roses Chinese Democracy with over 13 milion in costs.
QNRm9 TIL Coca-Cola produces $3 billion worth of pure cocaine per year
reYy TIL in 1958, only 4 percent of Americans supported marriage between “whites and non-whites.”
ADr9d TIL the human penis likely once had spines
Z8XQ TIL that there is a theoretical Gravity Train, which would connect any two destinations on Earth with a 42 minute, gravity-powered train ride.