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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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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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    Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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    The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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    The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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    The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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