The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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