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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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with an ingredient from beaver pee.
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Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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In 1992, 29,000 rubber ducks washed off a ship. They were found thousands of miles away 8 years later.
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