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50 unbelievable facts about the world
7 min read 7 min

Have you ever sat around the table with friends or family, enjoying a perfectly acceptable lunch or ...

10 more fantastic facts about languages
4 min read 4 min

The wonderful world of language offers us endless opportunities for growth and communication and is ...

An Oasis of cool: Manchester Infographic
1 min read 1 min

In school, we learned that Manchester was the world’s first industrialized city because of a textile...

10 fascinating facts about the world’s coolest cities that make for great conversation starters
4 min read 4 min

Think you know everything you need to about some of the world’s coolest cities? Think again! These e...

5 fun facts about Italians
3 min read 3 min

If you’re thinking about learning Italian or visiting Italy, there are some things you should defini...

Europe’s capital of cool: Berlin infographic
1 min read 1 min

Berlin is the third most popular city to visit in all of Europe and it’s not hard to see why; the ci...

7 language facts that will blow your mind
2 min read 2 min

The future of how we’ll communicate is a source of heated debates – here’s our take if you’re curiou...

10 fun facts about languages
4 min read 4 min

There are an estimated 7,000 languages in the world, from Mandarin Chinese spoken by nearly a billio...

7 things to know about the British royal family
5 min read 5 min

Anyone who has lived in the UK will know that the royal family has a special place in British histor...

10 weird and totally relatable words in 10 languages
3 min read 3 min

Part of the magic of learning a new language lies within discovering peculiar and unique new words. ...

Fun facts about the European Day of Languages
2 min read 2 min

In case you are looking for a reason to throw a little party, look no further and put on your party ...

10 things we bet you didn’t know about New Zealand
4 min read 4 min

A hobbit wonderland, a bungee jumper’s paradise and the home of the haka dance danced by the rugby t...