The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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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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Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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