Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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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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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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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 word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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