Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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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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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 words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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