The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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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 longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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