The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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