The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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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."
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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