Tag: trivia
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Salary = Salt
A while ago I heard about the history of the word “Salary” being linked to Salt, and so I checked it out- Well – Being so valuable, soldiers in the Roman army were sometimes paid with salt instead of money. Their monthly allowance was called “salarium” (“sal” being the Latin word for salt). This Latin root…
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A Polo Shirt
which ironically is not a shirt but a T-Shirt. A polo shirt is a form of shirt with a collar, a placket neckline with typically two or three buttons, and an optional pocket. Polo shirts are usually short sleeved; they were originally used by polo players during the 1920 History of the polo shirt At the end…