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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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    Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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    The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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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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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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    The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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