The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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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 onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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).
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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