Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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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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The United States does not have an official language.
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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