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    Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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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    In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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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 Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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    Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
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    Ioannis Ikonomou
    Ioannis Ikonomou
    The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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