There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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