The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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