The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
89
The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
6
The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
12
Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
2
The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
31
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).
10