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 distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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The United States does not have an official language.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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