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    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
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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 sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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