Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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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 onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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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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