The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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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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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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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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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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