The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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.
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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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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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