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50 Language Facts You Didn’t Know

Did you know over half of the world’s population is bilingual? It makes sense because, throughout the whole world, there are over 7,000 known languages. This isn’t even including made-up languages used for fictional stories, which comes to over 200 fake languages.

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Good Luck Charms From Around The World

As I happen to be in Switzerland at the moment, I thought I should look up Swiss good luck charms. At first it was a little difficult finding anything online, but I finally found one that has no source and it a bit quirky. Apparently the Swiss believe it is good luck to let a drop of cream hit the floor on New Year’s Day. I know, oddly specific and a bit messy, but that’s all I could find.

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