English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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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 six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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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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