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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    China has more English speakers than the United States.
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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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    WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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