The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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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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