In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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