それしらなかった！！

Have you ever pondered how kangaroos came to be called kangaroos? Of course you haven't! I'm sure you couldn't give two hoots, but I'll tell you anyway...

According to my Japanese textbook, Captain Cook sailed to from England to Australia in 1778, where he discovered a strange bouncy animal with rather large feet. Intrigued by this creature, Cook asked the aborigines what it was called. The aborigines, who spoke no English, replied 'kangaroo'. And so Cook returned to England and shared his knowledge about the wonderful bouncy kangaroo with anyone who cared to listen.

And so become apparent the perils of being monolingual; 'kangaroo' is aboriginal for 'I don't know'.

You learn something new everyday...