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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 word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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    Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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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 longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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    Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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    China has more English speakers than the United States.
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