The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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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 P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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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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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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