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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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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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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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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