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One hundred facts that are interesting but ultimately useless.

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"Reindeer"
"Reindeer"
- etymology -

​​The word "deer" (from Old English "deor") originally referred not specifically to the antlered cervid, but instead to any wild animal. Foxes, mice, fish, and even ants would fall under the umbrella of a "deor".

"Reindeer" derives from "deor" and "hreinn" (from Proto-Germanic, meaning "horned animal"), making a reindeer a "horned animal animal."


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