Animal Wonders
A zedonk is the offspring of a Zebra and a donkey.
Dumb Laws
In Alaska, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking its picture is illegal.
Name Change
When 11-year-old Frank Epperson first invented the popsicle in 1905, leaving a mixture of powered soda and water with a stir stick on the porch overnight, he called it an epsicle.
Actually Stated
by Dan Rather, former anchor for "CBS Evening News"
"And now the sequence of events in no particular order."
Drink Up
Advetisements for coffee in London in 1657 claimed the beverage was a cure for scurvy, gout and other ills.
So Called
A scrap or morsel of food left at a meal is known as an ort.
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