The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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