The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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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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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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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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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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