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Why did the owner of one firm in the 1960s give every boy in his neighborhood a new slingshot?

In the 1960s, the owner of a Milan window glazing company gave every boy under 14 in the neighborhood a new slingshot to celebrate the company's anniversary. The gift was accompanied by his business card with the inscription: "With gratitude for the continued cooperation."

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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What are artificial languages?

There are many, but two are the most famous.

In 1887, the Polish physician Ludwig Zamenhof invented the Esperanto language. Learning Esperanto is much easier than any natural language, so it could serve as a language of international communication. For example, the Bible, the Iliad, the Odyssey were translated into it. Esperanto (translated as "full of hope") has a very simple grammar (16 rules without exceptions).

The same function that Esperanto has for Europeans is performed in Asia by the Azu proposed by the Mongol Tsedendambu Bold.

It is based on Sanskrit (for India it is the same as Latin for Europe), and the roots of words are taken from Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and other languages. Azu uses the Latin script (26 letters + 2 additional).

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