The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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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 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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