There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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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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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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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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