The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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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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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The United States does not have an official language.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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