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 "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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 United States does not have an official language.
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The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
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