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 longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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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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