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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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    The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
    they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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    The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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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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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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