In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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More than 90% of shark attack victims survive.
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No one has ever been able to domesticate the African elephant. Only the Indian elephant can be trained by man.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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The world's oldest crow was 59 years old. Its name was Tataji.
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A mole can dig a hole 300 feet deep in one night.
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