The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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