The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The United States does not have an official language.
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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 word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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