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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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    The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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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).
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    The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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