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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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    Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    Ioannis Ikonomou
    Ioannis Ikonomou
    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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    A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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