The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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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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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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