The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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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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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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