China has more English speakers than the United States.
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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