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    Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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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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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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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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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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    The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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    The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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