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 Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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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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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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