In Spanish and Portuguese, amigos translates to “friends.”  The feminine form of the word is amigas.
So, an amigo is a male friend and an amiga is a female friend.
Etymology: amigos is derived from the Latin amicus.

“Más” means more (or sometimes most) in Spanish.
Examples:
Más fina translates to “best” (”most fine”).
Una más means “one more.”
Más que nada means “more than anything” (literally, “more than nothing” but “more than anything” is a more accurate translation).
In Portuguese “mas” means “but.”

Sido is a book by Colette which focuses mainly on her mother, whom she adored; she also writes of her family and her childhood in this intimate novel.
Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette) was a nineteenth century French female writer; born in 1873 and died in 1954. She was the author of many acclaimed novels.
“Sido” was her mother’s [...]

Where did this phrase come from?  “Great Taste Since 1905″ is actually the slogan for RC Cola.
If you’re a puzzler, this can come in handy, because the phrase “Great Taste Since 1905″ has been a clue for more than one crossword puzzle (answer = RCCOLA) including a recent October New York Times crossword.

Although it is not the planet closest to the sun, Venus is the hottest planet in the Solar System - it is so hot because of its thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide.
You can read more on the hottest planet at PhysLink.

Typically, Pluto was the farthest planet from the sun (when it moved past Neptune, that is), but now Pluto’s been booted from our Solar System’s lineup of planets, making Neptune the farthest planet from the sun.

Pomona is located in Claremont, California.
Pomona College is regarded as one of the premier liberal arts colleges in America and was established in 1887.
This was a clue in a recent NYTimes Crossword.

The Abscissa is the x-coordinate. 
In the cartesian coordinate system in mathematics, the two coordinates are specified by two perpendicular directed lines (the x-axis or abscissa, and the y-axis or ordinate), as well as the unit length, which is marked off on the two axes.
“Abscissa” was the clue in an October 2007 NYTimes Crossword puzzle.

TV series whose finale was titled “The Truth,” with “The”: “X-Files.”
In this last episode of “The X-Files,” Doggett and Skinner help Mulder escape from his military prison after he is found guilty of murdering super soldier Knowle Rohrer. Mulder and Scully then seek out what “The Truth” is and if his working on the X-Files [...]