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When Victor Hugo first published his classic novel Les Misérables, little did he know that his French historical novel would be translated into other languages and evolve into various adaptations on stage and film, including an award winning movie version in 2012. Hugo’s highly complex…
Typically a day is 24 hours, or 1,440 minutes or 86,400 seconds. One day is divided into day time and night time, about 12 hours for each division. A week comprises seven days. Have you ever thought of where the term “day” came from? What…
Some books cannot be contained by the language barrier. Other than religious texts which are translated into numerous languages out of necessity, there are works of fiction that has such an effect on its readers that they have been translated in more than 50 languages….
Are you familiar with the longest words in English? We’re betting you haven’t had a go at the official longest one though. We also won’t be mentioning it in this post since it’ll span roughly fifty-seven pages! The word we’re referring to is the chemical…
