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13 things that are named completely inaccurately and why.

  1. Catgut - is made out guts, just not from cats.
  2. Egg cream (a popular chocolate fountain drink that contains neither egg nor cream)
  3. Sunset- the sun does not set, the earth revolves
34265

13 things that are named completely inaccurately and why.

  1. Catgut - is made out guts, just not from cats.
  2. Egg cream (a popular chocolate fountain drink that contains neither egg nor cream)
  3. Sunset- the sun does not set, the earth revolves
  4. Guinea pig - actually a rodent, and not from Guinea
34266

13 things that are named completely inaccurately and why.

  1. Catgut - is made out guts, just not from cats.
  2. Egg cream (a popular chocolate fountain drink that contains neither egg nor cream)
  3. Sunset- the sun does not set, the earth revolves
  4. Guinea pig - actually a rodent, and not from Guinea
  5. Chinese checkers (no one in China ever played it; it was invented in Germany)
34267

13 things that are named completely inaccurately and why.

  1. Catgut - is made out guts, just not from cats.
  2. Egg cream (a popular chocolate fountain drink that contains neither egg nor cream)
  3. Sunset- the sun does not set, the earth revolves
  4. Guinea pig - actually a rodent, and not from Guinea
  5. Chinese checkers (no one in China ever played it; it was invented in Germany)
  6. Pineapple: It does not grow in or on pine, and it doesn’t look, smell, or taste like an apple
34268

13 things that are named completely inaccurately and why.

  1. Catgut - is made out guts, just not from cats.
  2. Egg cream (a popular chocolate fountain drink that contains neither egg nor cream)
  3. Sunset- the sun does not set, the earth revolves
  4. Guinea pig - actually a rodent, and not from Guinea
  5. Chinese checkers (no one in China ever played it; it was invented in Germany)
  6. Pineapple: It does not grow in or on pine, and it doesn’t look, smell, or taste like an apple
  7. A silverfish is an insect, not a fish
34269

13 things that are named completely inaccurately and why.

  1. Catgut - is made out guts, just not from cats.
  2. Egg cream (a popular chocolate fountain drink that contains neither egg nor cream)
  3. Sunset- the sun does not set, the earth revolves
  4. Guinea pig - actually a rodent, and not from Guinea
  5. Chinese checkers (no one in China ever played it; it was invented in Germany)
  6. Pineapple: It does not grow in or on pine, and it doesn’t look, smell, or taste like an apple
  7. A silverfish is an insect, not a fish
  8. The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

34270

13 things that are named completely inaccurately and why.

  1. Catgut - is made out guts, just not from cats.
  2. Egg cream (a popular chocolate fountain drink that contains neither egg nor cream)
  3. Sunset- the sun does not set, the earth revolves
  4. Guinea pig - actually a rodent, and not from Guinea
  5. Chinese checkers (no one in China ever played it; it was invented in Germany)
  6. Pineapple: It does not grow in or on pine, and it doesn’t look, smell, or taste like an apple
  7. A silverfish is an insect, not a fish
  8. The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.
  9. Sweetmeats are not meat, and sweetbreads are not bread.
34271

13 things that are named completely inaccurately and why.

  1. Catgut - is made out guts, just not from cats.
  2. Egg cream (a popular chocolate fountain drink that contains neither egg nor cream)
  3. Sunset- the sun does not set, the earth revolves
  4. Guinea pig - actually a rodent, and not from Guinea
  5. Chinese checkers (no one in China ever played it; it was invented in Germany)
  6. Pineapple: It does not grow in or on pine, and it doesn’t look, smell, or taste like an apple
  7. A silverfish is an insect, not a fish
  8. The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.
  9. Sweetmeats are not meat, and sweetbreads are not bread.
  10. No ornithologist would consider tuna to be “chicken of the sea.”
34272

13 things that are named completely inaccurately and why.

  1. Catgut - is made out guts, just not from cats.
  2. Egg cream (a popular chocolate fountain drink that contains neither egg nor cream)
  3. Sunset- the sun does not set, the earth revolves
  4. Guinea pig - actually a rodent, and not from Guinea
  5. Chinese checkers (no one in China ever played it; it was invented in Germany)
  6. Pineapple: It does not grow in or on pine, and it doesn’t look, smell, or taste like an apple
  7. A silverfish is an insect, not a fish
  8. The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.
  9. Sweetmeats are not meat, and sweetbreads are not bread.
  10. No ornithologist would consider tuna to be “chicken of the sea.”
  11. Head cheese: actually jellied meat
34273

13 things that are named completely inaccurately and why.

  1. Catgut - is made out guts, just not from cats.
  2. Egg cream (a popular chocolate fountain drink that contains neither egg nor cream)
  3. Sunset- the sun does not set, the earth revolves
  4. Guinea pig - actually a rodent, and not from Guinea
  5. Chinese checkers (no one in China ever played it; it was invented in Germany)
  6. Pineapple: It does not grow in or on pine, and it doesn’t look, smell, or taste like an apple
  7. A silverfish is an insect, not a fish
  8. The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.
  9. Sweetmeats are not meat, and sweetbreads are not bread.
  10. No ornithologist would consider tuna to be “chicken of the sea.”
  11. Head cheese: actually jellied meat
  12. Panama hats originated in Ecuador.

They became well known in America when Teddy Roosevelt was photographed wearing on during a trip to Panama.

34274

13 things that are named completely inaccurately and why.

  1. Catgut - is made out guts, just not from cats.
  2. Egg cream (a popular chocolate fountain drink that contains neither egg nor cream)
  3. Sunset- the sun does not set, the earth revolves
  4. Guinea pig - actually a rodent, and not from Guinea
  5. Chinese checkers (no one in China ever played it; it was invented in Germany)
  6. Pineapple: It does not grow in or on pine, and it doesn’t look, smell, or taste like an apple
  7. A silverfish is an insect, not a fish
  8. The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.
  9. Sweetmeats are not meat, and sweetbreads are not bread.
  10. No ornithologist would consider tuna to be “chicken of the sea.”
  11. Head cheese: actually jellied meat
  12. Panama hats originated in Ecuador.
  13. Spanish Flu- biologists and historians have tracked its origins to everywhere from Kansas to northern China, but they’re pretty much positive it didn’t start in Spain, nor was Spain hit worse or earlier than other European countries.

Pass.

34275

Traditional male names that are now mostly womens:

  1. Shannon
34276

Traditional male names that are now mostly women’s:

  1. Shannon
  2. Morgan
34277

Traditional male names that are now mostly women’s:

  1. Shannon
  2. Morgan
  3. Taylor
34278

Traditional male names that are now mostly women’s:

  1. Shannon
  2. Morgan
  3. Taylor
  4. Kim
    I went to high school with two guys named Kim.
34279

Traditional male names that are now mostly women’s:

  1. Shannon
  2. Morgan
  3. Taylor
  4. Kim
  5. Leslie
34280

Traditional male names that are now mostly women’s:

  1. Shannon
  2. Morgan
  3. Taylor
  4. Kim
  5. Leslie
  1. Evelyn
34281

Traditional male names that are now mostly women’s:

  1. Shannon
  2. Morgan
  3. Taylor
  4. Kim
  5. Leslie
  6. Evelyn
  7. Kelly
34282

Traditional male names that are now mostly women’s:

  1. Shannon
  2. Morgan
  3. Taylor
  4. Kim
  5. Leslie
  6. Evelyn
  7. Kelly
  8. Ashley
34283

Traditional male names that are now mostly women’s:

  1. Shannon
  2. Morgan
  3. Taylor
  4. Kim
  5. Leslie
  6. Evelyn
  7. Kelly
  8. Ashley
  9. Madison

“Son of Maud” or “Strong Fighter”. Was ‘co-opted’ by females because of the movie Splash.