The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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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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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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