TIL that the railroad frog, which is the part of a switch that allows trains to move from one set of tracks to another, is called like that because its V-shape resembles the bottom of a horse hoof. The V-shaped part on the hoof is called "frog".
https://worldwiderails.com/why-is-it-called-a-railroad-frog/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_hoof#Anatomy
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In case you're wondering how the frog looks like, here is a picture 😉
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Trio3D/CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2019-06-16_Spreestra%C3%9Fe,_switch_112,_frog.png
