The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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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 name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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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