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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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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