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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 China speak English than in the United States.
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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 six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    '⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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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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