The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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