The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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).
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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