The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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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).
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