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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 "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    '⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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    The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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    Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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