r/youshouldknow Discussion

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 https://redd.it/1vdmgs1 @r_youshouldknow