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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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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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    The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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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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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence 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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