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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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    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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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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    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 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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    The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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