'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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