There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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