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Foreign accent syndrome is a rare psychiatric disorder that, in its milder form, causes people it affects to pronounce words in a foreign accent. The disorder usually follows a brain injury caused by non-perforating head trauma, as perforating head trauma is much too gory for a proper mental illness. In extreme cases, victims of FAS can actually acquire knowledge of the foreign language associated with their new accent, slang terms and humorous exaggerated versions of national stereotypes included. A victim who develops a Lithuanian accent might acquire the Lithuanian language, tell other people to "Laizhyk asilo shikna", piss on bottles of Švyturys Ekstra, and date his sister.
As of the present, there is no known cure or treatment for FAS, and scientists have yet to completely unravel how the disorder works. People afflicted with the disorder are usually shunned within their community and turned into social pariahs. Fortunately, there are government sponsored programs that let victims of FAS assimilate in foreign countries where their accents are accepted. (Full article...)
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- ... that there is a simple, easy solution to the fact that you cannot understand the foreigners who are sitting next to you?
- ... that the Red Baron, in addition to being the deadliest ace fighter pilot of World War I, traveled through time?
- ... that pillow fighting is a violent trend among the world's pillow population, and must be stopped?
- ... that other people can prevent forest fires too?
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- ... that you actually didn't know?
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- ... that forgetting to carry the one is the leading cause of disaster for world domination plans?
- ... that Deus ex machina is Latin for "cop out"?
- ... that other people can prevent forest fires too?
- ... that if you breed a Bulldog and a Shih Tzu; you will get a Bullshit?
- ... that wearing a Top Hat is not only a sound fashion choice, it gives you somewhere to hide candy?
- ... that Kitten Huffing is a popular, though controversial, alternative to street drugs such as skag and crank?
- ... that The Oldest Trick in the Book was first chronicled in cuneiform by the Ancient Sumerians, who lived on the windswept steppes of Mesopotamia?

- ... that there is a simple, easy solution to the fact that you cannot understand the foreigners who are sitting next to you?
- ... that the Red Baron, in addition to being the deadliest ace fighter pilot of World War I, traveled through time?
- ... that pillow fighting is a violent trend among the world's pillow population, and must be stopped?
- ... that other people can prevent forest fires too?
- ... that 90% of all video game high scores are set by one guy called "AAA"?
- ... that you actually didn't know?
- ... that the Uncyclopedia Discord link contains a virus called which infects your computer with the Uncyclopedia Discord?
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