I bet you didn't know that this thread would have a part 2

animal with the most names in the world

How did the town of Ixonia, Wisconsin, get its name?

They put the letters of the alphabet on slips of paper and have young Mary Piper draw them until a name could be formed. As the result, "Ixonia" was the name given town 8 on January 21, 1846, and remains the only town bearing this name in the United States.

The simple name of I would have been perfectly cromulent and would have saved them time and effort.

I hate that they can't even get basic facts rights. He was 81 when he died not 70. He was 70 when he received his medal of honor.

I never knew pigs can swim . There’s an island in Bahamas where you can see them , though several tourists have reported being bit by the pigs . Several different possibilities of how they got there . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_Beach

I used to have 2 pigs that I raised , until the father loaded them in a trailer and them and me to a butcher . Poor old pinky and porky were hit over the head with an iron bar and knifed in the throat . Rip . Pork chops and bacon for weeks .

Pigs are smart and sociable . I used to pet them and they would rub up against my leg . There’s a thing about genetics that they can grow human organs or something . The fact that they can swim is mad . I would never have guessed that. I might get a pet one and hope there’s loads of truffles on the land .

I don’t eat pork anymore , but I find it amazing that animals have an instinct to swim . I jumped off a diving board at a lake one time and started floundering until a woman came out and touched my shoulder . I put my feet down and I could stand easily in the water . I guess I don’t have the swim gene

Margaret Dickson a.k.a. Half Hangit Maggie was hanged on the 2 September 1724 at Edinburgh.  Her crime was that of infanticide, namely that she had murdered her newborn baby. According to her the child was born dead and so she had disposed of the body on the banks of the local river Tweed.  The small body was discovered later that same day. She was tried at Edinburgh and although the evidence was weak was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. She was hanged and her body left suspended for the customary 30 minutes.  Her body was cut down and taken away in a coffin on a cart to be buried several miles away.  At one stage the driver of the cart had stopped for a break and thought he heard noises coming from the coffin.  He was right, for some unknown reason Margaret was not dead and had revived and was now trying to get out of the coffin.

This was perhaps seen as devine intervention and she was given a full pardon, she went on to live another 25 years.

Now do pepperoni.

As a taxpayer in America, it's stomach churning to watch that.

Well, checked few sources and it's not 100%, but quite likely alright.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvbkvk7

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wnbddq/al-capone-and-the-short-confusing-history-of-expiration-dates

and about as high as the wheel arches on that thing

Another interesting one:

In 1916, the town was incorporated as Hot Springs. It became the Sierra County seat in 1937. By the late 1930s, Hot Springs was filled with 40 different natural-hot-spring spas – one per every 75 residents at the time – though primarily catering to visitors.

The city changed its name from Hot Springs to Truth or Consequences as the result of a radio show contest. In March 1950, Ralph Edwards, the host of the NBC Radio quiz show Truth or Consequences, announced that he would air the program on its 10th anniversary from the first town that renamed itself after the show; Hot Springs officially changed its name on March 31, 1950, and the program was broadcast from there the following evening. Edwards visited the town during the first weekend of May for the next 50 years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_or_Consequences%2C_New_Mexico

Not really surprising with over ten times the population and not having bigger friendly country next door to pick up the glaring gaps in your defensive capabilities