Facts that seem unexpected pt 3 (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

Canary Islands are named after an animal. It’s one of the areas canaries (the birds) are native to. The animal it’s named after is the dog The birds are actually named after the island, not the other way around.

 

[Pirioca]

Life shouldn't be so complicated.

 

[snsd2beg]

I love when random stuff like this happens

 

[eclipsoul]

another fact that seems unexpected - in my country, we call those who check tickets on public transport "canaries" so if we put them all on some island (and sometimes i think we should) we'd technically have a canary island too

 

[Ahsoka]

another fact that seems unexpected - in my country, we call those who check tickets on public transport "canaries" so if we put them all on some island (and sometimes i think we should) we'd technically have a canary island too

Why are they called canaries? Do they jabber annoyingly about your tickets?

 

[eclipsoul]

Why are they called canaries? Do they jabber annoyingly about your tickets?

they do, but the name came from the color because they used to wear yellow hats years ago. now they just dress the same way a passenger would, but they also jabber annoyingly about the tickets which is probably why the nickname stayed with them