The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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