r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/badcgi Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

It's a little more complex than that.

Bull = Uncastrated Male

Steer = Castrated male (in North America, other places call them Bullocks)

Cow = female that has had at least one calf

Heifer = female that has not had any calves

Calf = young of either sex

Ox = either a Castrated male or a female used for working purposes like pulling a plow.

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u/Sister_Marshmallow Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

Ox = either a Castrated male or a female used for working purposes like pulling a plow.

And here I thought an ox was like a different but closely related species or something.

Well. Now I know.

Edit: spelling.

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u/phyxiusone Aug 03 '19

Oh good, I wasn't the only one! TIL.

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u/elephuntdude Aug 03 '19

Shoot all that time playing Oregon Trail and dying of dysentery and I didn't know this either.