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You could recognize your native language before birth

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You arrived in this world already primed to decode the local gossip. Research reveals that newborns can instantly distinguish between the specific phonetic rhythms of their native language and foreign ones based entirely on what they overheard through the abdominal wall. You were literally eavesdropping on conversations before you even drew breath.

You could recognize your native language before birth
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