The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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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 Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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