Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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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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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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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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