In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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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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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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