Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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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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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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