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    The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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    There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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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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    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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    "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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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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    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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    Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch procejt at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter b
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