The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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