Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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