The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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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 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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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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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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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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