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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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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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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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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 onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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