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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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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 words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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