Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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 word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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