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    The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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    Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    The United States does not have an official language.
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    In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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    China has more English speakers than 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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    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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