The 'I didnt know that' Thread

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Something I never knew until today is Tetris has endings, which you can see at 12:00 and 14:41 of this video:

Played my mom's original copy of the game many times over the years and have never seen these endings before, nor was I aware it even had them. I guess now I'll play it some more then.
 
So I knew canola oil is made from rapeseed, a member of the brassica family (including broccoli, cabbage, and mustard greens), but I didn't know its name is a portmanteau of 'can' (from 'Canada') and 'ola' (from the Latin 'oleum', for oil), trademarked by the Rapeseed Association of Canada. I can appreciate that "rapeseed oil" maybe wouldn't be appealing.
 
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So I knew canola oil is made from rapeseed, a member of the brassica family (including broccoli, cabbage, and mustard greens), but I didn't know its name is a portmanteau of 'can' (from 'Canada') and 'ola' (from the Latin 'oleum', for oil), trademarked by the Rapeseed Association of Canada. I can appreciate that "rapeseed oil" maybe wouldn't be appealing.
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Rapeseed oil is what it gets called in Europe. I don't think the 'rape' bit of the name gets given any thought as its just a common seen thing, as are the bright yellow 'oilseed rape' fields where the stuff is grown.
 
Something I didn't know until today is that Toni Basil's "Hey Mickey" is actually a cover of a song Racey did, albeit with a slight title change.

Heard Toni Basil's a bunch of times over the years and never knew this!
 
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