The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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