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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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    The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    Ioannis Ikonomou
    Ioannis Ikonomou
    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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    WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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    The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
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