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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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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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    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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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    Strawberry Word Origin
    Strawberry Word Origin
    Nobody really knows where strawberries got their name.
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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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