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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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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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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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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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