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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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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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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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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