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    The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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    The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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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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    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 only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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    Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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    The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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