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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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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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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