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    The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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    Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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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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    The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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