The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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