The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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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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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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