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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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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 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 sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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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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    The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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