The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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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 dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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