The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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