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 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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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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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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