The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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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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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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