Canola oil is actually rapeseed oil but the name was changed in Canada for marketing reasons.
Capsaicin, which makes hot peppers "hot" to the human mouth, is best neutralized by casein, the main protein found in milk.
Captain Cook lost 41 of his 98 crew to scurvy (a lack of vitamin C) on his first voyage to the South Pacific in 1768. By 1795 the importance of eating citrus was realized, and lemon juice was issued on all British Navy ships.
Captain Kirk never said "Beam me up, Scotty," but he did say, "Beam me up, Mr. Scott."
Captain William Driver, skipper of the brig Charles Doggett, was the first person to call the American flag "Old Glory". He made a ceremony of it in 1824.
Car wash attendants in San Francisco, California may not use old pairs of underwear to wash or dry vehicles.
Carbonated soda water was invented in 1767 by Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen.
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