82. The main difference between trout and salmon is that trout stay where they are and salmon travel. (Does that make me a salmon? I don't want to be grilled or smoked!)
83. According to Wikipedia, happy okapis say "vloom." I wonder what they say when they are sad?
84. Okapis have blue tongues and can lick their own ears, the only mammal to be able to do that.
85. The Marsh marigold is a type of buttercup and is somewhat poisonous, so don't eat it!
86. While the word "marigold" may be from "Mary's gold," referring to the Virgin Mary, the genus name, "tagetes," may be derived from one of the main Etruscan gods, Tages.
87. Tages was believed to have been either the grandson of Jove or leaping out of a field as it was being plowed.
88. The name, "Guadalajara," in Mexico comes from Guadalajara in Spain; it originates from the Arabic name wadi al-hayara, valley of stones. Our Arabic will continue to come in handy!
89. There is no "g" sound in Arabic.
90. Guadalajara is the location of the sixth Guggenheim museum.
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