There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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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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