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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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    WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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    The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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