A single strand of spaghetti is called a spaghetto.

The word 'salary' comes from 'sal' (salt) — Roman soldiers were sometimes paid in salt.

The identification of vitamins advanced nutritional science.

The Great Wall was built over multiple dynasties.

Pound cake got its name because the original recipe called for a pound each of butter, eggs, flour, and sugar.

The flavor of artificial strawberry is based on a single variety of wild strawberry that no longer commercially exists.

Socrates never wrote down his teachings.

Tensegrity structures, using compression and tension, can support loads far greater than their weight suggests.

The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Great Britain.