I’m in the mood to learn, so let’s do Teachable Tuesday! Drop a cool fact, some neato knowledge, or anything YOU might know that you think WE probably don’t! Teach us something today!
Spoiler: turkey the bird is, in fact, named after Türkiye.
The answer has to do with another bird: The guinea fowl, native to eastern Africa, was imported to Europe through the Ottoman Empire. Istanbul sat on the silk road & became a critical meeting point for commerce between Asia & Europe.
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