The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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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 P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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