The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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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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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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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 dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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