The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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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 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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