things are not what they seem
sweetbread
And here we thought this was just limited to the finance industry!
- A firefly is not a fly — it is a beetle (a bug is a bug).
- India ink is not from India — it is from China and Egypt.
- A horned toad is not a toad — it is a lizard.
- A douglas fir is not a fir — it is a pine.
- A silkworm is not a worm — it is a caterpillar.
- A peanut is not a nut – it is a legume.
- A panda bear is not a bear — it is a relative of the raccoon.
- An English horn is not English and it isn’t a horn — it is a French alto oboe.
- Shortbread is not a bread — it is a thick cookie
- Dresden China is not from Dresden — it is from Meissen.
- A shooting star is not a star — it is a metorite.
- A funny bone is not a bone — it is the spot where the ulnar nerve touches the humerus.
- Chop suey is not a native Chinese dish — it was invented by Chinese immigrants in California.
- A banana tree is not a tree — it is a herb.
- A cucumber is not a vegetable — it is a fruit (likewise with tomatoes).
- A jackrabbit is not a rabbit — it is a hare.
- A piece of catgut is not from a cat — it is usually made from sheep intestines.
- A Mexican jumping bean is not a bean — it is a seed with a larva inside.
- A Turkish bath is not Turkish — it is Roman.
- A koala bear is not a bear — it is a marsupial.
- A sweetbread is not a bread — it is the pancreas or thymus gland from a calf or lamb (bleck!).
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