The United States does not have an official language.
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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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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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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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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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