misnomers

• An inchworm is neither an inch long, nor a worm.
• Greenland is icy and Iceland is greener)
• Panama hats are not made in Panama, but Ecuador
• The “lead” in pencils is made of graphite and clay, not lead
• Northwestern University is in northeastern Illinois, a midwestern state.
• “Tin foil” is almost always actually aluminum.
• Catgut is made from sheep intestines.
• The Hundred Years’ War did not last for 100 years but 116.
• Head cheese is actually a meat product.
• “Horny toads” or “horned frogs” are actually lizards.
• Though a starfish is star-shaped, as the name suggests, it is not a fish.
• The titmouse is a bird, not a mouse.
• Jellyfish are not fish.
• Scotland Yard is located in England.
• The “funny bone” is not a bone — the phrase instead refers to the ulnar nerve.
• During its peak, rush hour often lasts more than an hour, with very little, if any, movement.