The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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