The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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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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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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