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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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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