The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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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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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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