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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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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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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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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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    The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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    The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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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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