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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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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 word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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