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.
 
TexRex
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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Something I didn't know until just now is GTPlanet has an "In Memoriam" banner for users who have passed away. I didn't know about it until I was reading kikie's post here in this very thread, and I also noticed JohnBM01 has too.
 
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Something I didn't know until just now is GTPlanet has an "In Memoriam" banner for users who have passed away. I didn't know about it until I was reading kikie's post here in this very thread, and I also noticed JohnBM01 has too.
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Must be a very recent addition to the site.
 
:eek: Listening to some music for journey home, I have Brazilian funk and disco joints on my playlist. This song is not, but NOW IS on my playlist! Had no idea this song existed and is a tribute to Fittipaldi. Good stuff!
 
For years I thought the lowrider came from the Mexican community in California. Had no idea this is where it originated from.
 
Grawlix.jpg


This is called a "grawlix".

At this time, there is no Rosetta Stone to define which character represents what letter, sound, or word.
 
Pupik
At this time, there is no Rosetta Stone to define which character represents what letter, sound, or word.
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! = old aaaaOOOOga horn
@ = boing
# = splat
$ = cash register ka-ching
% = bullet ricochet
& = thwap
* = hrumph
 

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