The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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