The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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