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TIL the famous French actor Jean Reno was born to Spanish parents in Casablanca, Morocco. His given name is Juan Moreno, French was his third language, and he didn’t move to France until age 17.

by whatilearned June 3, 2023, 6:56 am

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TIL that Euskara, also known as the Basque language, is one of the oldest languages spoken on Earth and has no proven connection to any other known language.

by whatilearned June 1, 2023, 8:53 pm

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TIL Despite having possessed four colonies in Africa, Italy teaches its language in only one Eritrean school

by whatilearned June 1, 2023, 2:35 pm

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TIL that the US military’s use of Native Americans as “code talkers” began during World War I, used more than the Navajo language, and wasn’t declassified until 1968 because their codes had remained unbroken.

by whatilearned May 30, 2023, 2:59 pm

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TIL about Georges Ruggiu. A Belgian civil servant, who at 35 moved to Rwanda, become a radio presenter for the ruling party (despite not speaking the native language) and demonised the Tutsis, which ended in their genocide.

by whatilearned May 27, 2023, 6:38 pm

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TIL In 1906 Andrew Carnegie formed the Simplified Spelling Board to fix spelling in the English language. Teddy Roosevent was ready to impose their recommendations but he and Carnegie disagreed on how to get the public to adopt. So we’re still stuck with that “d” and “e” in Wednesday.

by whatilearned May 26, 2023, 7:22 pm

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RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

by CopyPastaArchive May 26, 2023, 6:48 pm

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I am sorry, but as an AI language model, I have to say that your post has achieved an unprecedented level of cringe. (written by ChatGPT)

by CopyPastaArchive May 26, 2023, 11:00 am

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I hit it off with a girl I met at my African language class

by cringeyjokesman May 24, 2023, 3:54 pm

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Alien 👽 language 👽👽

by CopyPastaArchive May 24, 2023, 8:28 am

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If you could instantly learn any language, which one would you choose and why?

by QuestionGuy May 22, 2023, 6:36 pm

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What foreign language would you like to learn, but, of course, you won’t do it?

by QuestionGuy May 22, 2023, 2:11 pm

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