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Linguistics
| Seoul:
Seoul (the capital of South Korea) originates from the Korean word Seorabeol which literally means "capital city".
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| Discrimination:
In Latin "left" is "sinister" and "right" is "dexter", so "ambidextrous" actually means "both right".
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| Autophagy:
Autophagy is self-cannibalisam, e.g. eating your own hands.
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| Crystal:
The word "crystal" comes from the Greek "frost". The Greeks used to think that the crystal is ice that is so frozen that will never melt.
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