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    The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    'Niblings' - Nieces and Nephews
    'Niblings' is the plural, gender-neutral term for nieces and nephews.
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    A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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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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    Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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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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