The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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