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    The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
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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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    The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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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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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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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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