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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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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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 Bible has been translated into Klingon.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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