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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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