There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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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 longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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