The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW.. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'.. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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