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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
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    The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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    The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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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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    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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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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