The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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