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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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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