The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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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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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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