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    French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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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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    Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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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 dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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