The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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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 phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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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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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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