The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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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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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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