The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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