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One hundred facts that are interesting but ultimately useless.

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"Camouflage"
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"Camouflage"
- etymology -

​​​"Camouflage" is a borrowed French word based on the verb "camoufler" ("to disguise"), which is in turn derives from the Italian word "camuffare" ("to muffle the head", contraction of "capo muffare").


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