what the word Kangaroo means? Can’t believe I’ve lived 35 years and didn’t know this.
When europeans asked the aborigines what the name for those odd jumping creatures was, the aborigines replied with “We don’t understand your question.” In aborigine, “kangaroo”.
I don’t know exactly why, but that strikes me as sooo funny!
From http://www.answers.com/topic/kangaroo:
A widely-held belief has it that the word > kangaroo > comes from an Australian Aboriginal word meaning “I don’t know.” This is in fact untrue. The word was first recorded in 1770 by Captain James Cook, when he landed to make repairs along the northeast coast of Australia. In 1820, one Captain Phillip K. King recorded a different word for the animal, written “mee-nuah.” As a result, it was assumed that Captain Cook had been mistaken, and the myth grew up that what he had heard was a word meaning “I don’t know” (presumably as the answer to a question in English that had not been understood). Recent linguistic fieldwork, however, has confirmed the existence of a word > gangurru > in the northeast Aboriginal language of Guugu Yimidhirr, referring to a species of kangaroo. What Captain King heard may have been their word > minha> , meaning “edible animal.”
The myth is more fun, though. 
Well, that just goes to show you! The television can’t be trusted! 
If only more people would have this revelation…