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 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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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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