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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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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