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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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
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Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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