More than half of English comes from Latin and Greek
Master one root like 'port' (to carry) and you unlock import, export, portable, transport, and many more.
A large language model, explained simply
An LLM is trained on enormous amounts of text so it can predict and generate human-like language -- the engine behind today's chatbots.
Palindromes read the same both ways
'Level,' 'racecar,' and 'A man, a plan, a canal: Panama' all read identically forwards and backwards.
The Oxford English Dictionary tracks 600,000+ words
It adds hundreds of new words a year -- from 'doomscrolling' to 'touch grass' -- a living record of how we speak.
Jigsaw puzzles began as teaching tools
The earliest jigsaws, cut from maps in the 1760s, were made to teach geography to children.
'Set' is famous for its many meanings
The short word 'set' has hundreds of distinct senses, long cited as one of the most-defined words in English.
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