The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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