The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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