Interesting.

A few of my faves:

19. The = sign was invented by 16th Century Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde, who was fed up with writing "is equal to" in his equations. He chose the two lines because "noe 2 thynges can be moare equalle".

35. The name Lego came from two Danish words "leg godt", meaning "play well". It also means "I put together" in Latin.

99.The Japanese word "chokuegambo" describes the wish that there were more designer-brand shops on a given street.

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