The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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