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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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    The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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    There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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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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    Ioannis Ikonomou
    Ioannis Ikonomou
    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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