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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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    The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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    The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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