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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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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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 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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