The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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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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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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