The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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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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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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