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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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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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 name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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