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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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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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    Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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