[AdrianAtZyte]

#1482 undid #1496 when it was merged: a merge from master into its branch resolved the conflicts by keeping the branch's versions of the files #1496 touched, so search_dates("birthday:2020-07-08") returns None on master again.

This re-applies the Locale._word_split change and the tests from #1496. The rest of #1496 was type hints, which master already has from #1482.

Part of #768

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✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 99.19%. Comparing base (b1a87f9) to head (b7bf6a9).

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