The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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