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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 "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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    Color Orange Named After The Fruit
    The color orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around.
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    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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    China has more English speakers than the United States.
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