The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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