25 things that are not what they seem

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1. A firefly is not a fly – it is a beetle

2. A prairie dog is not a dog – it is a rodent

3. India ink is not from India – it is from China and Egypt

4. A horned toad is not a toad – it is a lizard

5. A lead pencil does not contain lead – it contains graphite

6. A douglas fir is not a fir – it is a pine

7. A silkworm is not a worm – it is a caterpillar

8. A peanut is not a nut – it is a legume

9. A panda bear is not a bear – it is a relative of the raccoon

10. An English horn is not English and it isn’t a horn – it is a French alto oboe

11. A guinea pig is not from guinea and it is not a pig – it is a rodent from South America

12. Shortbread is not a bread – it is a thick cookie

13. Dresden China is not from Dresden – it is from Meissen

14. A shooting star is not a star – it is a metorite

15. A funny bone is not a bone – it is the spot where the ulnar nerve touches the humerus

16. Chop suey is not a native Chinese dish – it was invented by Chinese immigrants in California

17. A bald eagle is not bald – it has flat white feathers on its head and neck when mature, and dark feathers when young

18. A banana tree is not a tree – it is a herb

19. A cucumber is not a vegetable – it is a fruit

20. A jackrabbit is not a rabbit – it is a hare

21. A piece of catgut is not from a cat – it is usually made from sheep intestines

22. A Mexican jumping bean is not a bean – it is a seed with a larva inside

23. A Turkish bath is not Turkish – it is Roman

24. A koala bear is not a bear – it is a marsupial

25. A sweetbread is not a bread – it is the pancreas or thymus gland from a calf or lamb

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13 thoughts on “25 things that are not what they seem”

  2. 25 things that just pushed out how to do high school arithmatic, 25 things that are totally stupid

  6. A shooting star is not a star – it is a METEOR, not a metorite (even if you spelled it meteorite).
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    A meteorite is a meteor that landed on Earth.
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    A better way to say it using meteorite would be:
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    A fallen star is not a star, it is a meteorite.

  8. Derek,
    Google can answer that…. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=whG&pwst=1&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=what%27s+the+difference+between+a+rabbit+and+a+hare%3F&spell=1

    This is a very good question because most people often confuse rabbits and hares, but they are very different in several ways. Hares are generally larger, and have longer hind legs and longer ears than rabbits. When hares are born, they have a full coat of fur and their eyes are open. Their mothers either drop them on the bare ground at birth or into a slight depression in the ground. A young hare is called a leveret.
    Jonco

  10. A panda is most definitely a bear.
    I think they mean a Red Panda is not a bear, it is a relative to the raccoon.

  12. Also….

    An “egg cream” is a drink containing neither eggs, nor cream. It is made with chocolate syrup, milk, and seltzer.

    A “Russian bassoon” is neither Russian, nor a bassoon. It is a brass instrument similar to the forerunner to the tuba: the ophicleide!

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