In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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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 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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