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    A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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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 word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    China has more English speakers than the United States.
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    Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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    Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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