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    More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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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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    The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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    The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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    There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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    The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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    A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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