Loanwords
A Hindi/Persian word meaning the clothes we wear to bed.
Pajamas
The "holy trinity" of Cajun cuisine features onions, bell peppers, and this aromatic vegatable.
Celery
This 19th-century Parisian structure was originally criticized by artists as a "gigantic black skeleton" before becoming a beloved icon.
Eiffel Tower
While often associated with the 2020s AI boom, this company released the first commercially available microprocessor, the 4004, in 1971.
Intel
Despite the name, this "sweet" body part is actually the only human organ capable of complete natural regeneration.
Emoji
This Italian pastan name translates literally to "little ears".
Dedicated in 1886, this famous harbor lady in New York was originally intended to be built by France for the opening of the Suez Canal, but Egypt couldn't afford it.
Statue of Liberty
Invented in 1929 to prevent fatalities in the Army Air Corps, this technology is now used extensively for training pilots and in advanced gaming.
Flight simulator
Despite the popular myth, you can’t actually see this man-made structure from the moon with the naked eye—but you can see city lights and greenhouse clusters.
The Great Wall of China
A word of Spanish origin which means a party.
Fiesta
This popular Vietnamese sandwich features a name that translates simply to "bread"
Banh mi
Although commonly known for its 828-meter height, this Dubai tower is actually designed to mimic the hymenocallis flower, helping it reduce wind loads.
Burj Khalifa
This company, now a tech giant, was founded as a grocery store in 1938, making it 38 years older than Apple.
Samsung
Despite their name, these "crabs" are more closely related to spiders and scorpions and have blue blood used to test medical vaccines.
Horseshoe Crabs
An Arabic word meaning, "the reunion of broken parts", and today it means a higher level of math.
Algebra
Derived from a Spanish phrase meaning "to fry gently", this tomato-based mixture is the aromatic base for many Latin American dishes.
Sofrito
This Peruvian "lost city" was found again in 1911, but the man who "rediscovered" it was actually searching for Vilcabamba, the last stronghold of the Inca.
What is Machu Picchu
Invented in 1952, this technology had few practical uses for 22 years until a pack of chewing gum was scanned in 1974.
Barcode or UPC
Despite their vastly different appearances, DNA evidence shows that this massive semi-aquatic mammal is actually the closest living land relative to whales and dolphins.
The hippopotamus
A Russian word that comes from teh Latin 'Caesar' meaning emperor of Russia.
Czar
Saffron
This monument’s distance between its two legs at ground level is exactly 630 feet, making it precisely as wide as it is tall.
The Gateway Arch
For roughly 20 years during the Cold War, the secret launch code for the United States' Minuteman nuclear missiles was reportedly this incredibly simple 8-digit sequence.
00000000 (eight zeros)
If you could put a giant piece of this metal in a vacuum, it wouldn't just sit there; the two pieces would instantly fuse together in a process called "cold welding."
Gold (or any pure, uncoated metal)