What US state was called Franklin until 1796? Tennessee!
Weird but true… The lyricist of the song "Keep the Home Fires Burning," Lena Gilbert Ford, burned to death in her home.
In England a "bap" is a hamburger bun.
Horse-racing regulations state that no race horse's name may contain more than eighteen letters. Names that are too long would be cumbersome on racing sheets.
Therefore you would never see a horse named…
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch
This is the name of a town in North Wales. The name translates as "The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave" in Welsh.
Or…
This hill in New Zealand called
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
This translates into English as "the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as 'landeater,' played his flute to his loved one."
And now you know.
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