The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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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 "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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