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 longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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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 invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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