China has more English speakers than the United States.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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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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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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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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