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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 "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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    The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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    Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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    The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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    The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
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    In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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