French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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