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    Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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    Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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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 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 equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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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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    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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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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