Koreans claim they've called this sea the East Sea for over two millennia and are pushing for a name change.
Sea of Japan
Some of the most widely distributed books in the world are religious texts: the Bible and the Quran. This list also includes the Harry Potter series and, surprisingly, this Swedish printed material. It has been published since 1951.
IKEA catalog
In the 14th century, the Bulgarians ambitiously named their capital, Tarnovo, by this name.
"The Third Rome"
Using alum and potassium chromate, the French chemist Marc-Antoine Gaudin first obtained this type of ruby in 1837.
Synthetic ruby
In the 1930s, attempts were made to acclimatize these Americans to the Soviet Union, but without success. Perhaps it was for the best... 
Skunks
After World War I, East Prussia was separated from the rest of Germany by the territory of that country.
Poland (the so-called Polish/Danzig Corridor)
In 1792, Count Médée de Sivrac allegedly unveiled the prototype of this vehicle, the "celerifer." In reality, neither the celerifer nor the count existed: a century later, journalists invented everything.
Bicycle
The construction of this highway was planned back in the 1935 General Plan for the Reconstruction of Moscow.
Third Ring Road
It is this color that distinguishes citrine from other quartz varieties.
Yellow
The skin of a frog living in Cambodia is almost translucent, but THIS in a frog is green. Thanks to the pigment biliverdin.
Blood
Having set the action in Georgia, Lermontov subtitled this poem "An Eastern Tale."
"The Demon" (in earlier versions, the setting was arbitrary)
In fact, he wasn't working alone: he was assisted by timber workers Gavrila Shchigolev and Tikhon Borisenko, who were shoring up the vault to prevent collapse, so he didn't have to worry about other work.
Alexey Grigoryevich Stakhanov
It dissolves immediately in water and floats in kerosene, so it is stored in paraffin or gasoline.
Lithium (the third chemical element on the Periodic Table)
The Parliament Building in Montevideo is constructed from 52 varieties of this rock. None of it was imported: all was quarried in Uruguay. 
Marble
The Aztecs called this animal ayotochtli, literally "rat-turtle." 
Armadillo
For this detective film by Janik Fayziev, the band "Nogu Svelo!" recorded the song "Let's Go East!"
"Turkish Gambit"
In 1835, newspapers reported that astronomer John Herschel had discovered winged men, unicorns, and fire-breathing beavers on the Moon. In reality, Herschel wasn't even looking at the Moon; he was observing this celestial body.
Halley's Comet
The tagline for Seth MacFarlane's comedy "Third wheel" (третьий лишний) was "Love's Gotta Bear." The film was released under this title.
"Ted"
This luxurious tourmaline was named after the place or rather the state where it is mined. 
Paraiba in Brazil
Fruit bats eat primarily fruit, so these two senses are much more developed in fruit bats than in regular bats. 
Smell and vision (they lack echolocation)
There are countries in Asia where Christianity is the state or national religion. These countries include Georgia, Armenia, India, anf THIS country of South East Asia. The church structures of the Constantinople, Antiochian and Moscow Orthodox Patriarchates are represented in that place.
The Philippines
In fact, the Novgorodians weren't always enemies with them. For example, in 1230, it was they who saved the residents of Novgorod from a severe famine by delivering wheat in a timely manner.
Germans
In 1866, its third head, Prince Vasily Dolgorukov, resigned after Dmitry Karakozov's assassination attempt on the tsar.
Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery
In the 18th century, it was valued on par with diamonds, but then huge deposits were discovered in Brazil and the stone was demoted to a semi-precious stone.
Amethyst
"There's nothing more difficult in the world than to frighten him, for he's burning with curiosity from nose to tail," Rudyard Kipling wrote about this little animal.
Mongoose