More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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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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Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
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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 Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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