The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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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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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The United States does not have an official language.
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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 words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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