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In Russian Vodka is Water and 12 Other Language Facts (2015x111)
: 22, 2015
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In this video:
1) The fear of dinner party conversations or dinner parties in general is known as Deipnophobia.
2) “School” comes from the Ancient Greek “skhole”, which meant “leisure or spare time”.
3) Vodka comes from the Russian word for “water,” which is “Voda.” Like most distilled liquors, in the beginning Vodka was mainly used as a medicine. Vodka was also used as an ingredient in early European formulas for gunpowder.
4) A “tittle” is nothing dirty, it’s simply the name for the dot over the letter “i”
5) Air Force One is only called that when the U.S. President is aboard. It is not a specific plane and the U.S. maintains a presidential air fleet at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, with each plane meeting the requirements for transporting the President.
6) The “USA Patriot” in USA PATRIOT Act actually stands for something: Uniting & Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept & Obstruct Terrorism
7) The term “Speak of the Devil” is the shortened version of “Speak of the Devil and he doth appear. ” It was first printed in Giovanni Torriano’s ‘Piazza Universale’in 1666, where he wrote, “The English say, Talk of the Devil, and he’s presently at your elbow”. In 1672, it again appeared in a poem which stated “Talk of the Devil, and see his horns.” However, during the 19th century the term started losing its sinister meaning and was used as a warning of an eavesdropper
