Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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