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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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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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