Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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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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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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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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Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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