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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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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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    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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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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    Ioannis Ikonomou
    Ioannis Ikonomou
    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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    'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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