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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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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 words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
    they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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    'Niblings' - Nieces and Nephews
    'Niblings' is the plural, gender-neutral term for nieces and nephews.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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