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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 "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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    The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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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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    The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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