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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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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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    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
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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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    Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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