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    The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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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 longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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    Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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