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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 onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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    Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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    The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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    The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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