Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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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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