There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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 "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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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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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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