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    China has more English speakers than the United States.
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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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    In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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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 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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