The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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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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