In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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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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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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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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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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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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