The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
69
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
77
There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
94
A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
95
The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
12
The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
10
The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
51