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Melanzana (Aubergine) means apple of insanity.
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2.
Sicily shares its trinacria - flag with the Isle of Man
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3.
Electricity when first introduced was called luce (light) as that was all it was used for.
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Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean
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6.
In the province of Palermo there is a substantial population of Albanian descendants that still speak and maintain their heritage.
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The carob tree’s fruit was used as currency because the fruit was always a constant weight, giving us the term carat.
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Sicily is the largest of all the Italian regions.
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9.
Puttanesca sauce for pasta means whorish.
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Sicily is the highest producing wine region in Italy.
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Mount Etna is the largest volcano in Europe.
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