TIL a Canadian town Tisdale used to have a motto "The land of rape and honey" which was changed to "Opportunity grows here" in 2016.

realitista@lemm.ee · 3 days ago

TIL a Canadian town Tisdale used to have a motto "The land of rape and honey" which was changed to "Opportunity grows here" in 2016.

Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz · 2 days ago

As other users highlighted, canola is a specific cultivar of rapeseed. The name is for Canadian oil, low acidity. It was originally a brand.

Wiktionary also lists “colza”, ultimately from Dutch koolzaad (cabbage seed). I never saw it in English, only in Portuguese (and even then it was an “ackshyually” moment).

TIL a Canadian town Tisdale used to have a motto "The land of rape and honey" which was changed to "Opportunity grows here" in 2016.

TIL a Canadian town Tisdale used to have a motto "The land of rape and honey" which was changed to "Opportunity grows here" in 2016.

Canadian town drops 'land of rape and honey' slogan

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