Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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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 name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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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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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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