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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 Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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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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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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    Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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