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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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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