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"Tongue twisters have fascinated people throughout history. Did you know that Peter Piper is a historical figure? Pierre Poivre was a one-armed French pirate and horticulturist during the mid-1700s.

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We challenge you to say what the Guinness World Records once called the most difficult English-language tongue twister: "The sixth sick sheikh's... On International Tongue Twister Day, test out these ...