There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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