The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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