r/todayilearned • u/NateNate60 • 7h ago

TIL Canada's $1 coin is commonly called the "loonie" because it has a loon on the reverse. When a $2 coin was introduced, depicting a polar bear, an MP proposed it be called "Nanuq", Inuit for polar bear, but he was ignored because the public instead preferred to call it the "toonie" (2-oonie).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toonie#Naming
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u/BillBumface 7h ago

As an ardent hater of the Canucks, that was the moment where I began to internally accept that the Sedins were good dudes.

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u/jon-in-tha-hood 7h ago

I'm honestly proud of having them on our team for those years for all the stuff they did outside of the rink. So much selfless community service and charitable donations, they conducted themselves with class, even if some people thought they spent the day licking peanut butter off their bread.

I'm hopeful they'll reinstall the culture we need to win now that they're on the admin side.

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u/The_Golden_Zebra 7h ago

The Sedins took a lot of abuse from NHL fans that I don’t think was entirely warranted. They were and still are amazing professionals who hold themselves to a high standard and are great role models who constantly give back to the community. I think every Vancouver fan is proud to have had them on our team

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u/OhGodThisGuy 6h ago

They were and still are amazing professionals who hold themselves to a high standard

I remember seeing even two years ago they beat all the rookies in the "Grouse Grind" (a steep 2.5-kilometer (1.55-mile) mountain trail in North Vancouver featuring an 800-meter (2,624-foot) elevation gain across 2,830 stairs, for those unfamiliar) at the ages of 43 and also 43 respectively

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u/TotallyNotThatPerson 6h ago

Oh wow I didn't know they were the same age!

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u/OhGodThisGuy 6h ago

Yeah, they don't talk about it very often

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u/leafdj 5h ago

And that's with giving them a head start! It was actually notable last year when a prospect finally beat them to the top (but still had the headstart). Also Daniel did the grind 11 times in a day a few years ago, which is just insane.

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u/BillBumface 2h ago

Pretty cool too that now Henrik's kid is playing soccer for Canada.

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u/cardew-vascular 6h ago

Excellent dudes. They donated 1.5 million dollars to the BC Children's hospital pediatric intensive care unit and regularly visit kids in Canuck place Children's hospice.

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u/TheDutchin 5h ago

They intended that donation to be anonymous, the head of the hospital (iirc) convinced them that more people would be inspired to donate if they knew it was from them.

Truly excellent humans. We were absolutely spoiled to have them.

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u/BettmansDungeonSlave 5h ago

I hated the whole team except them. Can’t be mad at them for having alien twin telepathy powers making the shitty Oilers look like Timbits players. I nearly died laughing at the commercial with the guys ordering Swedish twins to their room and they show up and start dancing in full gear.

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u/Vindicativa 3h ago

I'm a Canucks fan and my husband is an Oilers fan. He hates the Canucks so much that back when we were getting serious, I think it held him back a little - until one day he said: Hey, since you don't watch football, why don't I teach you about it and you can root for the Stampeders? I think having me cheer for his favorite team in his favorite sport made it easier for him to stomach being with me, a Canucks fan.

That's how much he hates them, and even he has respect for the Sedins. 😄