In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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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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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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