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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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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 word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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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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