The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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