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1. Why is the expression 'Mayday' used as a distress call?
The term 'Mayday' is the internationally recognized radio telephone signal of distress. It is only used when a ship is in great danger and needs help immediately. The signal is transmitted on a wavelength of 2.182 kHz. which is permanently monitored by rescue services on the shore. The use of the expression has a very straightforward explanation. It simply came from the French phrase 'm'aidez'. which means 'help me'. It was officially adopted internationally in 1927.
2. How many new words enter the English language every year?
| Unfortunately no list is kept. In France there is the Aca***c Francaise which approves new words butin England there are only dictionaries. The most authoritative of these, is the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) which has 20 Volumes, but this does not make rules about the language. It simply records (he development of English worldwide as best it can. It accepts about 4000 new words (or new meanings) every year. The OED has readers in all English-speaking parts of the world, who record repeated uses of new words, including numerous technical terms. Some words take a surprisingly long time to enter the OED). For example 'acid rain' was first used in 1859. but its usage was " rare for over 100 years and it didn't appear in the dictionary until the 1980s."
3. What is the world's biggest office
The Pentagon is the largest office in the world. This famous live-sided building, which is the US Department of Defense, was built in just 16 months during World War II, in Arlington. Virginia. It is designed to hold up to 40. 000 people. It has 28 kilometres of corridors, 7.754 windows, 284 bathrooms, and parking space for 8.770 cars. 17.000 meals a day are served in its restaurants.
4. Why are horseshoes believed to be lucky?
In 1700, Henri Misson, a Frenchman visiting Britain, asked villagers why they had horseshoes nailed above their doors. They said that it was to keep witches away. Horseshoes are made of iron and the strength of the iron was thought to protect from evil. Still today they are thought to bring good luck and many brides carry silver ones at their wedding. The position, of the horseshoe is very important. It must point upwards like a cup so that the luck cannot fall out.
5. Why do they drive on the left in Britain ind on the right in other countries?
The reason for this goes back to the days when people travelled by horse. Most people are right-handed, and thus the left is the natural side to ride on if you are on horseback and need your right hand to hold a sword in case of trouble. So why didn't the rest of the world do the same? Because pf Napoleon. Bonaparte. He insisted that his armies marched on the right, and as he marched through Europe.
he imposed this rule wherever he went. In the twentieth century Adolf Hitler did the same. Sighs reading ‘Rechts fahren' were put up whenever he took over a country.
The question suggests that only the British drive on the left, but in fact, out of 178 countries in the world, there are about 50 that drive on the left, including Japan. However, most of them are former British colonies.
6. How clever are dolphins?
Dolphins do have fairly large brains. There are many stories, ancient and modern, about dolphins saving sailors from drowning. Ever since the film Flipper, we have all seen how clever they are at learning how to do tricks. However, the truth is. that dolphins are no more intelligent than rats, which can also be trained to do tricks. The stories about them rescuing people are true, but they automatically rescue anything which is about the same size as themselves. Sometimes they kill sharks and then immediately try to rescue them.