"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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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 Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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