Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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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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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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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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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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