These Wild Food Facts Will Make You Think Twice About Your Next Meal

The Wrong Idea

Canola oil was originally called rapeseed oil, but rechristened by the Canadian oil industry in 1978 to avoid negative connotations. “Canola” is short for “Canadian oil.”

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The More You Know

  • A team of six women programmed the first digital computer.
  • Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham as part of a bet.
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  • The smallest unit of measurement in the universe is the Planck length.
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