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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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    The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
    tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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    French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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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 "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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