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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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    The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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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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