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    The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
    they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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    "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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    TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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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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    The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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    The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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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 six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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