Mozart could write music before he could write words — he composed his first piece at age 5.

The Phoenician alphabet had 22 letters — all consonants — and became the ancestor of most Western alphabets.

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English has the largest vocabulary of any language — the Oxford English Dictionary contains over 600,000 words.

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Urdu and Hindi are mutually intelligible in speech but written in completely different scripts.

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The word 'rule of thumb' does not have an origin in domestic violence — this is a persistent false etymology.

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There are more possible unique passwords than atoms on Earth.

Fact #2754 · Language

The development of language allowed humans to coordinate across groups of hundreds — impossible for other primates.

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Body language accounts for an estimated 55% of communication impact — tone 38%, words just 7%.

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The philosophy of language explores how words and sentences acquire meaning.

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