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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    The United States does not have an official language.
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    Ioannis Ikonomou
    Ioannis Ikonomou
    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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    The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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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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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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