The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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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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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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 sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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