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What’s in a name? (i.imgur.com)
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[–] Blubton@feddit.nl 52 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In Dutch, the Common Drone Fly is also called "Blinde Bij", which means "Blind Bee". This is because this animal is neither blind nor a bee and the Dutch are very good at naming things

[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago

I read Blinde Bij as Blind Bitch lmao