• apex32
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    I spent 30+ years thinking that a pony was a baby horse rather than a smaller type of horse. You know how cats have kittens and dogs have puppies? Well I thought horses had ponies.

    Even all the times that Lisa Simpson wanted a pony, I just thought it was similar to how a kid might want a puppy.

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      To be fair:

      The word pony derives from the old French poulenet, meaning foal, a young, immature horse.

      Quoth wikipedia.

    • Dark ArcEnglish
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      Well this is a TIL moment. You saved me at ~28 years.