The word 'salary' derives from 'sal' (salt) — Roman soldiers were paid a salt allowance.

The hashtag symbol '#' is officially called an octothorpe.

Fact #5981 · Language

There are languages with no word for specific colors — some languages group blue and green as one color.

Fact #3438 · Language

English has more words than any other language — but speakers use fewer than 1% of the dictionary in daily life.

Fact #8436 · Language

The fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia — many hotels skip the 13th floor.

Fact #5966 · Language

All human languages have nouns and verbs — but many lack adjectives or other categories found in English.

Fact #6218 · Language

Creole languages form when children of pidgin speakers create a fully structured native language.

Fact #6035 · Language

The record for most languages spoken by one person is held by Ziad Fazah — he claims fluency in 58 languages.

Fact #7154 · Language

The longest word in the English language without a vowel is 'rhythms.'

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