More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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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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