The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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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 dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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