A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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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 sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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