Mayday, a distress signal used internationally in voice procedure radio communications, derives from the French venez m'aider (or m'aidez) which means "(you) come help me".

Text 'Lorem Ipsum' used in printing and web is a standard industry's dummy text since the 1500s, when an unknown printer scrambled a galley of type to make a type specimen book.

The Braille system was based on a communication method called night writing originally developed as a code for Napoleon soldiers to communicate silently and without light at night.

The last section of Ulysses consists of two sentences: the first one is 11,281 words long, and the second is 12,931 words long.

Xerox company takes its name from xerography, a word derived from the Greek xeros (dry) and graphos (writing).

Nicotine is named in honor of French ambassador to Portugal Jean Nicot who sent tobacco seeds and powdered leaves back to France in 1560s.

English is a native (first) language for over 370 million people around the globe.