In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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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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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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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 most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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