The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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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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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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