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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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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 P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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