The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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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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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, excluding the North and South infront of AmericA.
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