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TIL that the Turkey bird is named after the country with the same name in English, while in Portuguese it is called ‘Peru’, in Arabic it is Deek Rumi ('Roman Rooster’), in Polish it is 'Indyk’ (after India), and in Turkish itself it is 'Hindi’.

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