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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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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 onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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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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    Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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    Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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    Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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