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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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    Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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