'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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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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