The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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