There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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