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the secret wealth nobody can tax, inherit, or steal from your skull.
average adultKnows around 20,000 to 35,000 words.
acquisition rateChildren learn roughly one new word per waking hour.
recognition gapYou understand far more words than you ever speak.
oldest word"Mother" traces back tens of thousands of years.
ShakespeareCoined or popularized over 1,700 words still used.