China has more English speakers than the United States.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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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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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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