An avocet has a long, strongly upcurved bill which contains a complex and highly specialized system of lamellae capable of filtering out small food items.
Long ago, all American schoolchildren knew the historical story of how Abraham Lincoln walked five miles to return a penny he had overcharged a customer.
In creating a united Germany in the 1870s Bismarck built what would shortly become Europe's strongest country; but the lands were of crucial significance long before he was born.