The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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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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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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