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    Before WWI, German Was the Second Most Widely Spoken Language in the United States
    Before it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.
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    The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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    The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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    The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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