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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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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