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* A female Southern Resident killer whale belonging to the L Pod was named "Kasatka", which is Russian for "orca".
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* Among the ships ChristopherColumbus took on his first trip to the Americas, is one known as "The Pinta." This simply means "the painted one," as it was brightly painted. This wasn't actually the ship's real name, but it's common nickname, although the original name has been forgotten.

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* Among the ships ChristopherColumbus UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus took on his first trip to the Americas, is one known as "The Pinta." This simply means "the painted one," as it was brightly painted. This wasn't actually the ship's real name, but it's common nickname, although the original name has been forgotten.
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* Among the ships ChristopherColumbus took on his first trip to the Americas, is one known as "The Pinta." This simply means "the painted one," as it was brightly painted. This wasn't actually the ship's real name, but it's common nickname, although the original name has been forgotten.
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** Of course, in soccer/association football, it's extremely common in both Europe and the Americas for clubs to be known as "<City> FC," where FC stands for "football club." In the US, this is sometimes SC for "soccer club." In Latin America, it's common for team names to include "Club Deportivo" ("sports club") or "Club Atletico" ("athletic club").
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** The same happened to the former Edmonton Eskimos between 2020-2021, before settling on the new permanent name Edmonton Elks.

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