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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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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 six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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