More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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