The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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According to a Japanese poll in the year 2000, the Japanese believe that their best invention of the twentieth century was instant noodles.
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Vampire bats adopt orphans, and are one of the few mammals known to risk their own lives to share food with less fortunate roost-mates.
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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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There are so many kinds of apples that if you ate a new one everyday, it would take over 20 years to try them all.
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