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| A group of frogs is called an army. |
| Twelve or more cows are known as a "flink." |
| A group of unicorns is called a blessing. |
| The "mer" in the word "commerce" comes from the God "Mercury" who was the God of commerce. |
| The "O" when used as a prefix in Irish surnames means "descendant of." |
| Mageiricophobia is the intense fear of having to cook. |
| In 18th century England, macaroni was a synonym for perfection and excellence. That's why, for example, the feather in Yankee Doodle's cap was called "macaroni." In fact, the word "macaroni" means "dearest darlings" in Italian. |
| In M&M candies, the letters stand for Mars and Murrie, the developers of the candy in 1941. |
| A coward was originally a boy who took care of cows. |
| Kyoto is an anagram of Tokyo. |
| Starting with the number one, you would have to count to one-thousand to use the letter "A". |
| The oldest and most socially unacceptable 'four letter word' in history is YHWH, the transliteration of the Hebrew word for God, Yahweh. |
| Lefties are evil people. The Latin word for right-handed is 'dexter' and for left-handed it's 'sinister'. Dexter=dexterous=good. Sinister=evil. |
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