The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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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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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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