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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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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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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