There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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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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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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