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Fact files

Words · 11 factsWord Origins You Won't BelieveRobots, quarantines and muscles (which are literally 'little mice'): the stories hidden in everyday words.

Myth busters

Myth“Roman soldiers were paid in salt, which is why we say 'salary'”'Salary' does come from the Latin for salt, but the idea that soldiers were paid in salt has no basis.