The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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