The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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