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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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    In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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    The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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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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    China has more English speakers than the United States.
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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    The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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