Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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