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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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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 dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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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 words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
    they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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