The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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