The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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