The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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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 name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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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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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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