The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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 longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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