The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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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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