The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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