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What is your favorite song that isn’t sung in English?

by QuestionGuy June 30, 2022, 2:20 pm

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TIL during Japanese invasions of Korea in 1590s, Ming Dynasty sent military support to Korea, which included 300 monkeys that were trained to ride horses; used as confusion tactics to run towards Japanese army to leave them dumbfounded (sorry, couldn’t find any translations in English)

by whatilearned June 29, 2022, 3:40 pm

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Half-Throughh authoring, “a Political Education Essay, both practical and useful,” as a comment thread on r/Feminism, below a Link I’ve Provided, Here, I have the Good Sense to, “Ctrl+S,” via Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V on R/Copypasta; and if you speak English, it, are, like, it appertains to you, also.

by CopyPastaArchive June 29, 2022, 1:53 am

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Found on Geometry Dash Gamers/Likers English Facebook Group by Daniel Octaviano

by CopyPastaArchive June 26, 2022, 12:51 pm

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TIL Dr Seuss’ wife, Helen, encouraged him to give up his idea of teaching English and to concentrate on his “fabulous collection” of fanciful animal drawings. Her strategy worked and Dr Seuss published his first children’s book in 1937

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 3:48 am

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What is your favorite unusual saying in the English language?

by QuestionGuy June 17, 2022, 4:19 am

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If all English words were spelled the same way they were pronounced, which word do you think would change most?

by QuestionGuy June 15, 2022, 8:45 pm

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TIL Chaebols are a large industrial conglomerate run and controlled by an individual or family in South Korea. A chaebol is controlled by a person or group whose power over the group often exceeds legal authority. The term first appeared in English text in 1972. Hyundai is an example.

by whatilearned June 13, 2022, 11:31 pm

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what are some beautiful words in the English dictionary?

by QuestionGuy June 12, 2022, 6:05 pm

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TIL: The Arabic word for hamster roughly translates to “Mister Saddlebags” in English.

by whatilearned June 12, 2022, 12:33 pm

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TIL about “Bonin English” — a dialect that is an English/Japanese fusion, spoken on the Ogasawara Islands. Previously uninhabited, the islands’ first modern inhabitants were anglophones in the 19th century. The islands went back and forth between the UK, US, and Japan. Today, they are part of Japan.

by whatilearned June 12, 2022, 6:26 am

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TIL Thomas Wise was a keen collector of first editions in original condition dating back to Elizabethan era and given an honorary M.A. by University of Oxford. He parlayed his reputation as a collector of books into a career in creating and selling forgeries of nearly 300 works of English authors.

by whatilearned June 11, 2022, 12:51 am

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