Chicago comes from an Indian nae for "wild garlic."
Why typos are bad: A brokerage firm produced a newsletter in which they mentioned that Smith and Sons (not the actual name) was headed for receivership as the first step to bankruptcy. This was a surprise to Smith and Sons since they were predicting record sales. However, the bad news spread fast and sales plummeted. Customers cancelled orders or rescinded those already in production. As a result, the company had to shut its doors. Investigations showed the brokers had made a spelling error in their story. The firm in troublr was Smith and Son, minus the "s".
Phoenix, AZ, was originally named Pumpkinville.
An animal the size of a small dog, the hyrax, is the nearest relative to the elephant.
