Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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