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 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 word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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