The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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 Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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