There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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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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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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