The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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