The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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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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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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