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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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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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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