The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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