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[TIL] There are only a few programming languages not in based on English

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KOQKB TIL while both tea and coffee plants produce caffeine, this trait evolved independently - meaning caffeine production developed at least twice.
mRlM TIL there is another Canada. The small town in Minnesota called Little Canada, flies a Canadian flag next to It’s US flag and they even celebrate Canada Day. Sadly it doesn’t have a Tim Hortons yet.
0dJPL TIL INTERLINGUA is an auxiliary language that every Romance language (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Romanian) speaker can easily understand without ever studying, thanks to these languages' common Latin roots.
mxLJY TIL the expression "Polish parliament", an idiom referring to chaos and general disorder in an assembly, is used in all of the Scandinavian languages.
K0BR TIL to save workers time for lunch on the new World Trade Center Building they installed a mobile Subway restaurant they moved up the building as they finished each floor.