The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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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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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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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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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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