The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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