The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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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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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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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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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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