192. People often are more impulsive when they are around the color red.
193. The word "rosemary" comes from the Latin term for "dew of the sea."
194. A tamale without filling is called a "deaf tamale" (tamale sordo).
195. Erbil has been inhabited since 23 AD.
196. The Kurdish name for Erbil, Hawler, is derived from either the Greek word, "helio," "sun," or from "horler," "temple of the sun," and means "the place where the sun is worshipped."
197. Nasi goreng, one of my favorite foods, is an Indonesian and Malaysian form of fried rice, cooked with sweet chili sauce.
198. Miep Gies, who helped shield Anne Frank, her family and some of her friends, has a planet named after her (99949).
199. There is a giant billboard advertising dog products (with a dog on it) on the road from the Dead Sea to Amman. Given that dogs are considered unclean here, that is kind of funky!
200. In 2005, the apartment where Anne Frank and her family lived, became a refuge for writers who are prevented from working safely in their home countries, and the first writer selected for a year's tenancy was El-Mahdi Acherchour, from Algeria.
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