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    The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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    The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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    The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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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 word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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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 six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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