The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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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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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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