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    The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
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    The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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    The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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    The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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    Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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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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    Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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