The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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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 distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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