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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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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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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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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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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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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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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