Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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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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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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