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One hundred facts that are interesting but ultimately useless.

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"Pomegranate"
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"Pomegranate"
- etymology -

​​The word "pomegranate" derives from a Latin term "pomum granatum", meaning "many-seeded fruit".

The Old French version ("pomme grenate") is the namesake of the modern military "grenade", owing to superficial similarities between the seed-filled fruit and the shrapnel-filled explosive.


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