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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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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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    The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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    The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
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    The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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