I recently discovered a magazine called "Mental Floss" which is a dedicated to mostly useless but highly interesting trivia. This month's edition has a feature about commonly used Latin phrases.
The one I found most interesting was "E Pluribus Unum", "Of Many, One". According to the article the first use of this phrase was in Virgil's poem "Moretum". It was used to describe the flavoring of a salad dressing.
A very fitting way to describe a salad, salad dressing or our great melting pot. Now I am hungry, look out lettuce!
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