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    The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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    '⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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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 name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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    The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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