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    The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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    The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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    The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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    China has more English speakers than the United States.
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