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    Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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    The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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    The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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    The United States does not have an official language.
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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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    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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    More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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