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TIL that the birds we call Penguins today are not actually penguins at all but another species of bird that was named after them because of their looks and their are no true penguins alive today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin#Pinguinus
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gfc92u/til_that_the_birds_we_call_penguins_today_are_not/

#TIL #todayilearned
Chookbot
Language is made up of what we say, so if we call them penguins, they're penguins. There is no state of "penguin-ness" outside of language, so to suggest today's penguins are somehow not legitimate because another bird was once called penguin would just be silly.

#linguistics #english #penguins
#english #linguistics #penguins
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