The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The United States does not have an official language.
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