The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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