25 Things That Are Not What They Seem

[Otis McNutt 395]

As is obvious from the fact that I write the majority of list articles on this site, I love lists. Recently I was reading through a book filled with interesting facts and figures I stumbled upon this list - 25 things that are not what they seem. It seemed perfect for the site, and so I have reproduced it here for you all. Without further ado, 25 things that are not what they seem:

1) Items 1 - 5

1. A firefly is not a fly - it is a beetle

2. A prairie dog is not a dog - it is a rodent [image above]

3. India ink is not from India - it is from China and Egypt

4. A horned toad is not a toad - it is a lizard

5. A lead pencil does not contain lead - it contains graphite

2) Items 6 - 10

6. A douglas fir is not a fir - it is a pine [image above]

7. A silkworm is not a worm - it is a caterpillar

8. A peanut is not a nut - it is a legume

9. A panda bear is not a bear - it is a relative of the raccoon

10. An English horn is not English and it isn

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a cucumber is a fruit

[Gingerlink 2]

culinarinily, the cucumber is a vegetable ,but yes, botanically, the cucumber is a fruit, it's the ripened part of the plant that contains the seeds within it.