The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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