The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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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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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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