In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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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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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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