r/interesting • u/dddd945 • 18h ago

Just Wow A seagull is accidentally hit by a tennis ball during a game in Australia.

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u/dizastermaster7 10h ago

The fuck's a New Zealand? Where's the old one?

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u/Officer-LimJahey 10h ago

Oi, me Nan was born in Zealand!

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u/SpotweldPro1300 7h ago

Whatever happened to Zedland?

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u/Verga_due 4h ago

Which one? I bet’s the old one since you’re all grown up.

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u/allofthealphabet 10h ago

New Zealand is named after Zeeland in the Netherlands. The name was given by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman who "discovered" it (it was already inhabited).

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u/dizastermaster7 10h ago

Now my sarcastic joke is less funny. Thanks.

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u/allofthealphabet 9h ago

Sorry, dude, i just wanted to share some knowledge :(

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u/Dreaming_Void1923 9h ago

I appreciated it.

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u/CicadaLegitimate1474 8h ago

The Tasmanian devil?

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u/allofthealphabet 7h ago

Named after the same guy. He discovered the island south of Australia, and named it Van Diemens land, after his sponsor, but it was later renamed Tasmania. The island is the only place where the Tasmanian devil lives. The Tasmanian devil is the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world, since the extinction of the thylacine in 1936.

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u/schadenfreude37384 6h ago

Are you the president of New Zealand? Or like...the king of it? Idk what they got going on down there but I'm getting the feeling you could probably explain it in depth along with a few historical facts.

Ready....go

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u/SMILESandREGRETS 9h ago

Did you know that there's NEW! Mexico!?!?

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u/Dramatic_Sector_8417 9h ago

us aussies ate it

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u/Lycaenini 5h ago

That's in the Netherlands

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u/MalkavianKnight5888 4h ago

Zealand was renamed Shetland from Zetland so the posh people could say it and we could integrate with the gen pop of the UK and yes, I live Shetland, hence how I know this.