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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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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