The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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