The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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