In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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