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Ketchup was invented not by Americans, but ... by the Chinese! In the US, this version of the tomato sauce came withemigrants from China, in which the sauce was called "ketsiyap". In the mass production of ketchup was due to the 25-year-old descendant of German immigrants Henry John Heinz.

Canary Islands are called so from the Latin word "canis", which in translation means a dog, and not because there are canaries. The first records of these islands can be found atthe ancient Roman historian Pliny. They mention flocks of wild dogs that run around them, so the islands are called "Canary". And then the local birds were called canaries.

The heart is not at the left. In fact, it is located behind the chest, in the middle between the right and left lungs.

Stamp "Made in Germany" used to mean not high German quality, but it was necessary to designate second-rate products. In 1887, in England, a law was passed, according to which foreign goods were to carry an explicit mark of the country of origin, so that consumers would not be confused with high-quality English goods.

Elephants are not so afraid of mice as they are prescribed. The famous zoologist Bernhard Grzymek conductedA special experiment in which elephants were allowed to enter a whole cloud of mice. The elephants did not run away, but, on the contrary, they let the mice to their side and quietly trampled. And actually elephants of rabbits-itaks are afraid. From them they retreat far and throw stones and sand.

The "SOS" signal does not come from the abbreviation of English "save our souls" (save our souls). Just at the beginning of the twentieth century in the internationalorder seafarers agreed to use this signal only because it is very easy to reproduce in Morse code - three dots, three dashes and again three dots. This signal is easy to remember even for specialists.