The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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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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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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