The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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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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