The word 'oxymoron' is itself an oxymoron. This is because it derives from Ancient Greek where 'oxy' means 'sharp' and 'moros' means 'stupid'.

The name of the squiggly line "~" is called a tilde.

The most common pear world-wide is the Bartlett. It is bell-shaped, sweet and soft with a light green colour.

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