The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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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 word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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