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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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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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    The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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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 Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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    The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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    China has more English speakers than the United States.
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