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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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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