The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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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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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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