The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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