More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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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 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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