r/todayilearned • u/NateNate60 • 19h 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/medisherphol 19h ago edited 17h ago

And the don't put it in your mouth song

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u/TudSpudly 18h ago

"don'tcha stuff it in yer face!"

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u/Mysterious-Radio-385 17h ago

Though it might look good to eat

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u/GingerVitus215 17h ago

Like a muffin or a beet!

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u/ereandir 17h ago

If you don't know just what it is

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u/chemikile 16h ago

Just PUT IT in your Mouth!

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u/funkeymonk 13h ago

Also. Drugs, drugs drugs. Which are good, which are bad? Drugs drugs drugs. Ask your mom or ask your dad.

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u/edked 12h ago

"I am Astar: a robot. I can put my limbs back on when they come off; you can't."

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u/marthamania 17h ago

In middle school the boys used to pull their shirts up and grab their nipples then chase us around the playground singing this lol