The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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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 dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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