The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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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 onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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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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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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