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[ara87]

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*your body can't digest the outer part of a corn kernel because it's made of cellulose

*Although the Rolling Stones basically sued The Verve for stealing their music from their track "This maybe the last time," for "The Bittersweet Symphony," The Rolling Stones took the music for their track, from a song of the same title written by The Staples.

[Pazooki]

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1/5 of Americans can't find the US on the map

[Post_Blue]

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hair strands are made of 3 layers; The cuticle, the medulla, and the cortex

the word ivory is derived from the ancient egyptian word for elephant

[jgk3]

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Obvious similarities in non-loan words anyone?

Queen - Gyn
Eat - Outel
Cat - Gadou
Cow - Gov
Odor - Hod
Door - Tur
Foot - Votk
Listen - Lesel

[MrHyeSev]

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The most common phrase for Beirutsi's is Gor gor

[Federate]

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Obvious similarities in non-loan words anyone?

Queen - Gyn
Eat - Outel
Cat - Gadou
Cow - Gov
Odor - Hod
Door - Tur
Foot - Votk
Listen - Lesel

In Eastern Armenian, the similarities for some of the words are even more obvious:

Cat = Katou
Cow = Kov
Door = Dour

P.S. Queen = Takouhi , Gyn means Lady

[jgk3]

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P.S. Queen = Takouhi , Gyn means Lady

I know, but they are derived from the same root word for lady. It's just in English it survived to refer to a much higher status lady.