Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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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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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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