The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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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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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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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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