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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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    The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
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    The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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