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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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    The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
    they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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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 only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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    Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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