Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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