The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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