There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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