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    "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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    'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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    Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
    Dr. Seuss invented the word 'nerd'.
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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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    When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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    The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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