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    The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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    Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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    The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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    Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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    The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
    they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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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 dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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    A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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