The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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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 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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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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