Fun fact I learned today

yankeesfan · Sep 17, 2010

In the Turkish language, the word for turkey (the animal) is the same word used for India.

Malak · Sep 17, 2010

yankeesfan said:
In the Turkish language, the word for turkey (the animal) is the same word used for India.

They say 60% of the time, it works every time.

OCGuy · Sep 17, 2010

La Paz, the capital city of Bolivia, is the highest capital in the world at over 17,000 feet (5,181 m).

alkemyst · Sep 17, 2010

yankeesfan said:
In the Turkish language, the word for turkey (the animal) is the same word used for India.

This because of your choice for Friday night date?

*gobble goggle*

Squisher · Sep 17, 2010

Cut and paste

... that Operation Power Flite, in which three U.S. Air Force B-52s flew non-stop around the world (route pictured), was made to show that "the United States had the ability to drop a hydrogen bomb anywhere in the world"?
... that fans threw silver coins onto the field to celebrate Bobby Lowe hitting four home runs in a single Major League Baseball game, the first player to accomplish that feat?
... that in 1927, at the same time as the Norwegian Labour and the Social Democratic Labour parties reunited, a competing Unified Party of the Working Class was founded?
... that Scottish artist Christine Berrie is known for her industrial-themed illustrations, including gas meters, dials, buttons, switches, machinery, and appliances?
... that Princess Margaret stayed at Fort Belan for the investiture of Prince Charles in 1969?
... that for his book Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass, Theodore Dalrymple interviewed over 10,000 people who had attempted suicide?
... that Theodore Roosevelt called Medicine Rocks in Montana "as fantastically beautiful a place as I have ever seen"?
... that Tony Clunn, a British Army Major looking for Roman coins with a metal detector, discovered the site of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest?
... that the front porch on the John Shelp Cobblestone House in West Shelby, New York, was probably built as a result of a heating stove fire in the dining room?

Koing · Sep 17, 2010

The word for butter in Khmer is the same in French

Koing