The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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