The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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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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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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