The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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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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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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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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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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