The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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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 Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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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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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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