There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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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 Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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