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    'Niblings' - Nieces and Nephews
    'Niblings' is the plural, gender-neutral term for nieces and nephews.
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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    Ioannis Ikonomou
    Ioannis Ikonomou
    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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