The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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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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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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