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    'Niblings' - Nieces and Nephews
    'Niblings' is the plural, gender-neutral term for nieces and nephews.
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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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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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    The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
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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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    Ioannis Ikonomou
    Ioannis Ikonomou
    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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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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