The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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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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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 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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