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    The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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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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    There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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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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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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    '⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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