The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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