The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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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 distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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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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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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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 Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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