The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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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 six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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