The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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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 dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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