The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
6
The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
14
Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
4
The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
89
The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
90
The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
101
The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
10