Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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