{"id":6769,"date":"2015-03-18T09:07:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T14:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viralviralvideos.com\/2014\/02\/12\/40-weird-word-origins\/"},"modified":"2015-03-17T11:08:01","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T16:08:01","slug":"40-weird-word-origins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themindpowertimes.com\/?p=6769","title":{"rendered":"40 Weird Word Origins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"left-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viralviralvideos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/40-weird-word-origins-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"40 Weird Word Origins\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Did you know the word \u2018lemur\u2019 comes from the Latin word for spirits of the dead. The animals were named \u2018lemurs\u2019 because they seemed to walk around like people at night time. Basically, they are zombies.<\/p>\n<p>John Green of\u00a0<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.youtube.com\/user\/MentalFlossVideo?feature=watch');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/MentalFlossVideo?feature=watch\">Mental Floss<\/a>\u00a0covers this and more in his newest educational video,\u00a0<em><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q-HzyUm1cSg');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q-HzyUm1cSg\">40 Weird Word Origins<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.viralviralvideos.com\/2014\/02\/12\/40-weird-word-origins\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.viralviralvideos.com\/2014\/02\/12\/40-weird-word-origins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.viralviralvideos.com\/2014\/02\/12\/40-weird-word-origins\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know the word \u2018lemur\u2019 comes from the Latin word for spirits of the dead. The animals were named \u2018lemurs\u2019 because they seemed to walk around like people at night time. Basically, they are zombies. 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