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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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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