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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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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 word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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