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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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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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    Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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    The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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    Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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    Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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