The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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