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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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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