The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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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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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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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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