The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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