The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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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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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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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 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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