The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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